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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... example, declared that “all government ought to be instituted and supported, for the security and protection of the community, as such, and to enable the individuals who compose it, to enjoy their natural rights. . . .” 30 It defined ...
... example, declared that “all government ought to be instituted and supported, for the security and protection of the community, as such, and to enable the individuals who compose it, to enjoy their natural rights. . . .” 30 It defined ...
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... century court decisions, though as with early American legal trea- tises, this period is equally replete with court decisions embracing the broader Blackstonian vision . For example , in 1851 the Supreme 20 The Morality of American Law.
... century court decisions, though as with early American legal trea- tises, this period is equally replete with court decisions embracing the broader Blackstonian vision . For example , in 1851 the Supreme 20 The Morality of American Law.
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... example , in 1851 the Supreme Judicial Court of Massa- chusetts described the police power this way : “ We think it is a settled principle , growing out of the nature of well ordered civil society , that every holder of property ...
... example , in 1851 the Supreme Judicial Court of Massa- chusetts described the police power this way : “ We think it is a settled principle , growing out of the nature of well ordered civil society , that every holder of property ...
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... example , animals hav- ing contagious or infectious diseases . All these exertions of power are in immediate con- nection with the protection of persons and property against noxious acts of other persons , or such a use of property as ...
... example , animals hav- ing contagious or infectious diseases . All these exertions of power are in immediate con- nection with the protection of persons and property against noxious acts of other persons , or such a use of property as ...
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... example, the New York Supreme Court of Judicature (at the time, the highest court in New York) was asked to determine whether the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amend- ment applied to a state defendant: The defendant's counsel rely ...
... example, the New York Supreme Court of Judicature (at the time, the highest court in New York) was asked to determine whether the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amend- ment applied to a state defendant: The defendant's counsel rely ...
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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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