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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... legislatures, even though the text and meaning of the Constitution suggests that the Framers did not intend to adopt the British system of Parliamentary supremacy. Instead, as this book will demonstrate, the Framers envisioned a blended ...
... legislatures, even though the text and meaning of the Constitution suggests that the Framers did not intend to adopt the British system of Parliamentary supremacy. Instead, as this book will demonstrate, the Framers envisioned a blended ...
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... legislatures are in a constant state of activity, enacting, repealing, and refining laws. The exponential growth of laws is an ineluctable by-product of disregarding the morality of American law. Growing legislative power and its ...
... legislatures are in a constant state of activity, enacting, repealing, and refining laws. The exponential growth of laws is an ineluctable by-product of disregarding the morality of American law. Growing legislative power and its ...
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... legislature enacts a public morality–based law and there is no specific constitutional language prohibiting such a law, the only remedy for those restrained by the law lies with the political process.15 Judges should not read too much ...
... legislature enacts a public morality–based law and there is no specific constitutional language prohibiting such a law, the only remedy for those restrained by the law lies with the political process.15 Judges should not read too much ...
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... Legislature, the maxim of the law, “salus populi suprema lex,” should not be disregarded. It is the great principle on which the statutes for the security of the people is based. It is the foundation of criminal law, in all governments ...
... Legislature, the maxim of the law, “salus populi suprema lex,” should not be disregarded. It is the great principle on which the statutes for the security of the people is based. It is the foundation of criminal law, in all governments ...
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... Legislature cannot authorize any other mode of proceeding, than by indictment or presentment. This throws a shield around the citizen to a great extent. What would be the true meaning of the words, infamous crimes, I will not now ...
... Legislature cannot authorize any other mode of proceeding, than by indictment or presentment. This throws a shield around the citizen to a great extent. What would be the true meaning of the words, infamous crimes, I will not now ...
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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Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public Morality Elizabeth Price Foley Vista previa limitada - 2008 |
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