Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public MoralityYale University Press, 1 okt 2008 - 304 pagina's 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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... Bill of Rights. Although I can under- stand the pragmatic and political considerations that have driven the Court's departures from text and original meaning—including the notion that it's “too late to go back now”—I have not accepted ...
... Bill of Rights. Although I can under- stand the pragmatic and political considerations that have driven the Court's departures from text and original meaning—including the notion that it's “too late to go back now”—I have not accepted ...
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... rights of the minority . For this , neutral principles of individual liberty for all , unalterable by mere majorities , were needed . It was the desire to deal with these threats to individual liberty that sparked the demand for a bill ...
... rights of the minority . For this , neutral principles of individual liberty for all , unalterable by mere majorities , were needed . It was the desire to deal with these threats to individual liberty that sparked the demand for a bill ...
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... rights of individuals from the effects of those ill humors [ by ] which the arts of designing men ... occasion ... bill of rights in the United States — how can [ a citizen ] take advantage of a natural right founded in reason , could he ...
... rights of individuals from the effects of those ill humors [ by ] which the arts of designing men ... occasion ... bill of rights in the United States — how can [ a citizen ] take advantage of a natural right founded in reason , could he ...
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... rights. The two concepts were complementary, providing a double security for the blessings of liberty. Even if the ... Bill of Rights was made applica- ble to the states by enactment of the Fourteenth Amendment. I will postpone this ...
... rights. The two concepts were complementary, providing a double security for the blessings of liberty. Even if the ... Bill of Rights was made applica- ble to the states by enactment of the Fourteenth Amendment. I will postpone this ...
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... Bill of Rights two im- portant constitutional bookmarks , ensuring both that states would continue to possess a realm of residual power and that individuals would enjoy a zone of immunity from the exercise of those powers , thus ...
... Bill of Rights two im- portant constitutional bookmarks , ensuring both that states would continue to possess a realm of residual power and that individuals would enjoy a zone of immunity from the exercise of those powers , thus ...
Inhoudsopgave
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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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Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public Morality Elizabeth Price Foley Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2008 |
Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public Morality Elizabeth Price Foley Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2012 |
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