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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Pagina 19
... reasonably consistent with a like enjoyment of rights by others.”41 Notice that Cooley's mention of “rules of good manners and good neighbor- hood” is virtually identical to the language used by Blackstone. Yet notice also that, unlike ...
... reasonably consistent with a like enjoyment of rights by others.”41 Notice that Cooley's mention of “rules of good manners and good neighbor- hood” is virtually identical to the language used by Blackstone. Yet notice also that, unlike ...
Pagina 21
... reasonable limitations in their enjoyment , as shall prevent them from being injurious . . . . The power we allude ... reasonably denied . How far the provisions of the Legislature can extend , is always submitted to its discretion ...
... reasonable limitations in their enjoyment , as shall prevent them from being injurious . . . . The power we allude ... reasonably denied . How far the provisions of the Legislature can extend , is always submitted to its discretion ...
Pagina 26
... reasonable to surmise that the Supreme Court of 1819 unanimously thought it not only plausible but probable that the Seventh Amendment applied to the states. It is also interesting to note that several prominent members of the Thirty ...
... reasonable to surmise that the Supreme Court of 1819 unanimously thought it not only plausible but probable that the Seventh Amendment applied to the states. It is also interesting to note that several prominent members of the Thirty ...
Pagina 43
... reasonable conclusion is that there is a harm principle at work in American law or, more specifically, that the morality of American law inherently incorporates a harm principle. As the next section will demonstrate, the existence of a ...
... reasonable conclusion is that there is a harm principle at work in American law or, more specifically, that the morality of American law inherently incorporates a harm principle. As the next section will demonstrate, the existence of a ...
Pagina 45
... reasonably expect to be defended from wrong, unles [sic] I oblige my self to do none. ... But without prejudice to the Society into which I enter, I may and do retain to my self the Liberty of doing what I please in all things relating ...
... reasonably expect to be defended from wrong, unles [sic] I oblige my self to do none. ... But without prejudice to the Society into which I enter, I may and do retain to my self the Liberty of doing what I please in all things relating ...
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4 Marriage | 65 |
5 Sex | 102 |
6 Reproduction | 131 |
7 Medical Care | 151 |
8 Food Drugs and Alcohol | 178 |
Notes | 199 |
Index | 281 |
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