Administrative/Regulatory
Oct. 21, 2004
Financial Elder-Abuse Law Harms Victims It Should Protect
Forum Column - By Michael A.S. Newman - Political autocrats, Leo Tolstoy observed, invariably comfort themselves on grounds that their acts of oppression are justified in the name of "le bien public:" the hypothetical welfare of other people. The more tyrannical the autocrat, the more likely he is to believe he knows where the public welfare lies, and the more certain he is in such knowledge.
By Michael A.S. Newman
Political autocrats, Leo Tolstoy observed, invariably comfort themselves on grounds that their acts of...
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