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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... state where the man lives allows the use of marijuana for medical purposes, the federal government considers it a felony. If con- victed, he faces many years in prison and the loss of his rights to vote and possess a gun. An American ...
... state where the man lives allows the use of marijuana for medical purposes, the federal government considers it a felony. If con- victed, he faces many years in prison and the loss of his rights to vote and possess a gun. An American ...
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... state that has enacted a state consti- tutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. If they are to remain to- gether, they must leave the United States. In situations such as these, which should trump: individual privacy or pub ...
... state that has enacted a state consti- tutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. If they are to remain to- gether, they must leave the United States. In situations such as these, which should trump: individual privacy or pub ...
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... state law. Although the United States is a federalist system in which there is meaningful delineation between the federal and state governments, it is often overlooked that the United States and the states com- prising it were the ...
... state law. Although the United States is a federalist system in which there is meaningful delineation between the federal and state governments, it is often overlooked that the United States and the states com- prising it were the ...
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... state - should exercise these legitimate powers . There is ample evidence that the founding generation embraced the concept of residual individual sovereignty - and hence , limited government - with equal vigor at both the state and ...
... state - should exercise these legitimate powers . There is ample evidence that the founding generation embraced the concept of residual individual sovereignty - and hence , limited government - with equal vigor at both the state and ...
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... state government can take away. The principal idea of American law at both the state and the federal level, there- fore, is that the people are sovereign and that any powers not ceded to govern- ment (whether federal or state) remain in ...
... state government can take away. The principal idea of American law at both the state and the federal level, there- fore, is that the people are sovereign and that any powers not ceded to govern- ment (whether federal or state) remain in ...
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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