Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public MoralityYale University Press, 1 oct. 2008 - 304 pages 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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... decision in Munn v. Illinois, the Supreme Court cited the Vermont Supreme Court's decision in Thorpe with approval, declaring: When the people of the United Colonies separated from Great The Morality of American Law 21.
... decision in Munn v. Illinois, the Supreme Court cited the Vermont Supreme Court's decision in Thorpe with approval, declaring: When the people of the United Colonies separated from Great The Morality of American Law 21.
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... decision” of the federal or state courts in which a “party aggrieved in his person within a State”—e.g., a slave or freed slave—was acknowledged to enjoy the privileges and immunities of the federal Bill of Rights “or whether the nation ...
... decision” of the federal or state courts in which a “party aggrieved in his person within a State”—e.g., a slave or freed slave—was acknowledged to enjoy the privileges and immunities of the federal Bill of Rights “or whether the nation ...
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... decision? I want an answer.”66 Hale replied: “I have not be able to prepare a brief for this argument, and therefore cannot refer the gentleman to any case.... I do not know of a case where it has ever been decided that the United ...
... decision? I want an answer.”66 Hale replied: “I have not be able to prepare a brief for this argument, and therefore cannot refer the gentleman to any case.... I do not know of a case where it has ever been decided that the United ...
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... decision, the Lawrence majority reversed a contrary decision of the Court only seventeen years earlier in Bowers v. Hardwick.89 Five Justices inLawrence based their decision on substantive due process, reasoning that the law infringed ...
... decision, the Lawrence majority reversed a contrary decision of the Court only seventeen years earlier in Bowers v. Hardwick.89 Five Justices inLawrence based their decision on substantive due process, reasoning that the law infringed ...
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Table des matières
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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 |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public Morality Elizabeth Price Foley Affichage d'extraits - 2006 |
Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public Morality Elizabeth Price Foley Aucun aperçu disponible - 2012 |
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