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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... offering a comprehensive theory of American law can an- swer all of the intriguing questions that will inevitably arise ... offer an alternative theory of constitutional law that will resonate with most Americans and end the political ...
... offering a comprehensive theory of American law can an- swer all of the intriguing questions that will inevitably arise ... offer an alternative theory of constitutional law that will resonate with most Americans and end the political ...
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... offer a workable definition of harm. For now, suffice it to say that the criticism of the harm principle as both too broad and too narrow suggests that its critics on both the ideological right and left find it inadequate to suit their ...
... offer a workable definition of harm. For now, suffice it to say that the criticism of the harm principle as both too broad and too narrow suggests that its critics on both the ideological right and left find it inadequate to suit their ...
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... offered to the dignity of his [ the government's ] character . How naturally one mistake leads to another ! A law which prohibits what is neither a wrong nor an injury to any one ! What name does it deserve ? ... The doctrine , that a ...
... offered to the dignity of his [ the government's ] character . How naturally one mistake leads to another ! A law which prohibits what is neither a wrong nor an injury to any one ! What name does it deserve ? ... The doctrine , that a ...
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... offered much guidance as to how , precisely , to define harm . And it has been the inherent difficulty in defining harm that has spawned the most ardent criticism of the harm principle's utility . The definition of harm I offer below ...
... offered much guidance as to how , precisely , to define harm . And it has been the inherent difficulty in defining harm that has spawned the most ardent criticism of the harm principle's utility . The definition of harm I offer below ...
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... offers to buy Nancy's television for $100, she accepts, and Bill subsequently fails to pay, the law of contracts legitimately provides a remedy. This is not because Bill broke his promise to Nancy but because Bill's promise was ...
... offers to buy Nancy's television for $100, she accepts, and Bill subsequently fails to pay, the law of contracts legitimately provides a remedy. This is not because Bill broke his promise to Nancy but because Bill's promise was ...
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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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