Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public MoralityYale University Press, 1. 10. 2008. - 304 страница 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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... interests before the Supreme Court, and we can trust the Supreme Court to get it right. This court-induced popular ... interest, knowledge, and activism by ordinary people, not just hired-gun lobbyists and zealous members of special ...
... interests before the Supreme Court, and we can trust the Supreme Court to get it right. This court-induced popular ... interest, knowledge, and activism by ordinary people, not just hired-gun lobbyists and zealous members of special ...
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... interests of the majority — For this reason the greater the portion of political freedom in a form of government the greater the necessity of a bill of rights — often the natural rights of an individual are op- posed to the presumed ...
... interests of the majority — For this reason the greater the portion of political freedom in a form of government the greater the necessity of a bill of rights — often the natural rights of an individual are op- posed to the presumed ...
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... interests.89 Instead, it was the Parliament, particularly the House of Commons, that was entrusted with the power to rep- resent the interests of citizens and protect their privileges against usurpation.90 Parliamentary power was ...
... interests.89 Instead, it was the Parliament, particularly the House of Commons, that was entrusted with the power to rep- resent the interests of citizens and protect their privileges against usurpation.90 Parliamentary power was ...
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... interests of others for better and worse to some degree, and thus would properly be the state's business.”6The latter criticism is exemplified by Patrick Devlin, who asserts that embracing a harm principle will narrow governmental power ...
... interests of others for better and worse to some degree, and thus would properly be the state's business.”6The latter criticism is exemplified by Patrick Devlin, who asserts that embracing a harm principle will narrow governmental power ...
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... interests. . . . The power of the law need interfere only to prevent them from injuring each other.”12 Richard Price, writing his Obser- vations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, published in 1776, stated the harm princi- ple thus ...
... interests. . . . The power of the law need interfere only to prevent them from injuring each other.”12 Richard Price, writing his Obser- vations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, published in 1776, stated the harm princi- ple thus ...
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6 Reproduction | 131 |
7 Medical Care | 151 |
8 Food Drugs and Alcohol | 178 |
Notes | 199 |
Index | 281 |
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