Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public MoralityYale University Press, 1 oct. 2008 - 304 pagini divIn the opening chapter of this book, Elizabeth Price Foley writes, “The slow, steady, and silent subversion of the Constitution has been a revolution that Americans appear to have slept through, unaware that the blessings of liberty bestowed upon them by the founding generation were being eroded.” She proceeds to explain how, by abandoning the founding principles of limited government and individual liberty, we have become entangled in a labyrinth of laws that regulate virtually every aspect of behavior and limit what we can say, read, see, consume, and do. Foley contends that the United States has become a nation of too many laws where citizens retain precious few pockets of individual liberty. With a close analysis of urgent constitutional questions—abortion, physician-assisted suicide, medical marijuana, gay marriage, cloning, and U.S. drug policy—Foley shows how current constitutional interpretation has gone astray. Without the bias of any particular political agenda, she argues convincingly that we need to return to original conceptions of the Constitution and restore personal freedoms that have gradually diminished over time./DIV |
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... institutions to bend to them . But time produces also cor- ruption of principles , and against this it is the duty of good citizens to be ever on the watch , and if the gangrene is to prevail at last , let the day be kept off as long as ...
... institutions to bend to them . But time produces also cor- ruption of principles , and against this it is the duty of good citizens to be ever on the watch , and if the gangrene is to prevail at last , let the day be kept off as long as ...
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... institutional support that helped make this book possible . I am particularly indebted to Randy Barnett , whose ground - break- ing work on the Ninth Amendment inspired me in law school . His re- cent books , The Structure of Liberty ...
... institutional support that helped make this book possible . I am particularly indebted to Randy Barnett , whose ground - break- ing work on the Ninth Amendment inspired me in law school . His re- cent books , The Structure of Liberty ...
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... institutions.”42 Similarly, W. P. Prentice's 1894 treatise devoted ex- clusively to the subject of police powers is entitled Police Powers Arising Under the Law of Overruling Necessity, which, as its title suggests, explains that ...
... institutions.”42 Similarly, W. P. Prentice's 1894 treatise devoted ex- clusively to the subject of police powers is entitled Police Powers Arising Under the Law of Overruling Necessity, which, as its title suggests, explains that ...
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... institution . " What con- fidence will be reposed in a State government , whose legislation should be character- ized by acts which disgrace the most tyrannical epoch of the British monarchy ? A free people would instantly and ...
... institution . " What con- fidence will be reposed in a State government , whose legislation should be character- ized by acts which disgrace the most tyrannical epoch of the British monarchy ? A free people would instantly and ...
Pagina 30
... institutions ; that without this security for personal liberty and private property , our social compact could not exist . No Court should ever presume that it was the design of the people to entrust their representatives with the power ...
... institutions ; that without this security for personal liberty and private property , our social compact could not exist . No Court should ever presume that it was the design of the people to entrust their representatives with the power ...
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The Harm Principle | 41 |
4 Marriage | 65 |
5 Sex | 102 |
6 Reproduction | 131 |
7 Medical Care | 151 |
8 Food Drugs and Alcohol | 178 |
Notes | 199 |
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