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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... limited boundaries. The radical conservative's disdain for the most important liberty-protecting language of the ... principles of individualism, diversity, and equality upon which this country was founded and believe that the law and its ...
... limited boundaries. The radical conservative's disdain for the most important liberty-protecting language of the ... principles of individualism, diversity, and equality upon which this country was founded and believe that the law and its ...
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... principles of limited govern- ment and residual individual sovereignty.3 Indeed, modern constitutional ju- risprudence turns the original constitutional structure on its head, placing the burden on citizens to convince the courts that laws ...
... principles of limited govern- ment and residual individual sovereignty.3 Indeed, modern constitutional ju- risprudence turns the original constitutional structure on its head, placing the burden on citizens to convince the courts that laws ...
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... laws is an ineluctable by - product of disregarding the morality of American law . Growing legislative power and its inherent exer- cise in the name of majoritarian whims have slowly eroded the principles of limited government and ...
... laws is an ineluctable by - product of disregarding the morality of American law . Growing legislative power and its inherent exer- cise in the name of majoritarian whims have slowly eroded the principles of limited government and ...
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... principles of limited government and residual individ- ual sovereignty . The orthodox “ majority rules ” position is utterly incompatible with the morality of American law . As Friedrich Hayek once put it , “ If it is to survive ...
... principles of limited government and residual individ- ual sovereignty . The orthodox “ majority rules ” position is utterly incompatible with the morality of American law . As Friedrich Hayek once put it , “ If it is to survive ...
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... limited government and residual individual liberty—we can understand the morality of Amer- ican law. FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES: LIMITED GOVERNMENT AND RESIDUAL POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY The American 2 The Morality of American Law.
... limited government and residual individual liberty—we can understand the morality of Amer- ican law. FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES: LIMITED GOVERNMENT AND RESIDUAL POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY The American 2 The Morality of American Law.
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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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