Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public MoralityYale University Press, 2008 M10 1 - 304 páginas 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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... civil or criminal punishment may be imposed upon those who inflict “injuries and wrongs” upon others, which he defines as “a vi- olation of a right” to life, liberty, or property.40 Another prominent early American legal scholar, Thomas ...
... civil or criminal punishment may be imposed upon those who inflict “injuries and wrongs” upon others, which he defines as “a vi- olation of a right” to life, liberty, or property.40 Another prominent early American legal scholar, Thomas ...
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... civil-law maxim, sic utere tuo, ut alienum non laedas. ... Any law which goes beyond that principle, which undertakes to abolish rights, the exercise of which does not involve an infringement of the rights of others, or to limit the ...
... civil-law maxim, sic utere tuo, ut alienum non laedas. ... Any law which goes beyond that principle, which undertakes to abolish rights, the exercise of which does not involve an infringement of the rights of others, or to limit the ...
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... civil society , that every holder of property , however absolute and unqualified may be his title , holds it under the implied liability that his use of it may be so regulated , that it shall not be inju- rious to the equal enjoyment of ...
... civil society , that every holder of property , however absolute and unqualified may be his title , holds it under the implied liability that his use of it may be so regulated , that it shall not be inju- rious to the equal enjoyment of ...
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... civil liberty contained in these amendments — our American Magna Carta — to stand by , support and defend the rights which they guarantee , against all en- croachments , whether proceeding from the National or State governments . The ...
... civil liberty contained in these amendments — our American Magna Carta — to stand by , support and defend the rights which they guarantee , against all en- croachments , whether proceeding from the National or State governments . The ...
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Contenido
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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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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public Morality Elizabeth Price Foley Vista previa limitada - 2008 |
Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public Morality Elizabeth Price Foley Vista de fragmentos - 2006 |
Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public Morality Elizabeth Price Foley Sin vista previa disponible - 2012 |
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