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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Pagina xii
... American constitutional law has become one of the pri- mary weapons in the battle for ideological domination from both the far left and far right. The old adage “live and let live”—and thus the morality of Amer- ican law—has been lost ...
... American constitutional law has become one of the pri- mary weapons in the battle for ideological domination from both the far left and far right. The old adage “live and let live”—and thus the morality of Amer- ican law—has been lost ...
Pagina xiii
... America, a melting pot of society, could live up to its potential. I will argue that there is a morality of American law, embod- ied in the Constitution, that transcends ideology—indeed, was designed by the Framers for that very purpose ...
... America, a melting pot of society, could live up to its potential. I will argue that there is a morality of American law, embod- ied in the Constitution, that transcends ideology—indeed, was designed by the Framers for that very purpose ...
Pagina 2
... morality of American law itself, a set of higher values by which to gauge the legitimacy of ordinary laws.2 Subordinate to the Constitu- tion are ordinary laws, enacted by a legislative majority, that tell citizens what specific actions ...
... morality of American law itself, a set of higher values by which to gauge the legitimacy of ordinary laws.2 Subordinate to the Constitu- tion are ordinary laws, enacted by a legislative majority, that tell citizens what specific actions ...
Pagina 4
... morality of American law and the resulting growth of law itself has created an intractable conflict between public morality and in- dividual privacy . This conflict is increasingly evident in litigation involving issues such as abortion ...
... morality of American law and the resulting growth of law itself has created an intractable conflict between public morality and in- dividual privacy . This conflict is increasingly evident in litigation involving issues such as abortion ...
Pagina 5
... morality prove particularly controversial . They appear to add insult to injury , exacerbating the decline of moral ... American flag . American history is replete with tragic ex- amples of legislatively enforced intolerance fueled by ...
... morality prove particularly controversial . They appear to add insult to injury , exacerbating the decline of moral ... American flag . American history is replete with tragic ex- amples of legislatively enforced intolerance fueled by ...
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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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