In Leviathan renowned public interest attorney Bolick describes how the unchecked growth of local governments is eroding our nation's productive vitality and threatening us with "grassroots tyranny"—and ultimately reveals that, although the rules are often rigged in favor of local governments and against ordinary citizens, we can take action to rein in these bureaucracies.

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• Acknowledgments (0817945520_ix.pdf ~31 KB)
• Introduction (0817945520_xi.pdf ~52 KB)
• Chapter 1: Leviathan (0817945520_3.pdf ~659 KB)
• Chapter 2: Federalism: The Grand Design (0817945520_25.pdf ~84 KB)
• Chapter 3: The Curious Evolution of Federalism (0817945520_43.pdf ~101 KB)
• Chapter 4: Freedom of Commerce and Enterprise (0817945520_69.pdf ~71 KB)
• Chapter 5: Private-Property Rights (0817945520_83.pdf ~79 KB)
• Chapter 6: Freedom of Speech (0817945520_101.pdf ~64 KB)
• Chapter 7: The Right to Be Left Alone (0817945520_113.pdf ~61 KB)
• Chapter 8: Racial Discrimination (0817945520_125.pdf ~73 KB)
• Chapter 9: The Government School System (0817945520_141.pdf ~70 KB)
• Chapter 10: Fighting Big Government at the Local Level (0817945520_157.pdf ~84 KB)
• Notes (0817945520_175.pdf ~88 KB)
• About the Author (0817945520_195.pdf ~31 KB)
• Index (0817945520_197.pdf ~68 KB)