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 19
... person's lib- erty impedes the enjoyment of another's. Thus, although Cooley's discussion of state police power seems at first blush to adopt a broad Blackstonian view, upon further inspection it does not. He posits two distinct ...
... person's lib- erty impedes the enjoyment of another's. Thus, although Cooley's discussion of state police power seems at first blush to adopt a broad Blackstonian view, upon further inspection it does not. He posits two distinct ...
Pagina 21
... persons , and the protection of all prop- erty within the state . According to the maxim , Sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas , which being of universal application , it must of course , be within the range of legislative action to ...
... persons , and the protection of all prop- erty within the state . According to the maxim , Sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas , which being of universal application , it must of course , be within the range of legislative action to ...
Pagina 22
... persons and property against noxious acts of other persons , or such a use of property as is injurious to the property of others . They are self - defensive.49 In Husen , the Supreme Court clearly viewed the state's police power as ...
... persons and property against noxious acts of other persons , or such a use of property as is injurious to the property of others . They are self - defensive.49 In Husen , the Supreme Court clearly viewed the state's police power as ...
Pagina 23
... person be sub- ject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.” It has been urged by the prisoner's counsel that this constitutional provision operates upon state courts proprio vigore. This has been denied on the ...
... person be sub- ject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.” It has been urged by the prisoner's counsel that this constitutional provision operates upon state courts proprio vigore. This has been denied on the ...
Pagina 24
... person can be twice put in jeopardy of life and limb for the same offense.52 upon Although the court's belief that the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment was applicable to the states is dicta, it provides an important snap ...
... person can be twice put in jeopardy of life and limb for the same offense.52 upon Although the court's belief that the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment was applicable to the states is dicta, it provides an important snap ...
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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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