Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public MoralityYale University Press, 01/10/2008 - 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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... crime , or pauperism , or disturbance of the peace . It may exclude from its limits convicts , paupers , idiots , and lunatics , and persons likely to become a public charge , as well as persons afflicted by contagious or infectious ...
... crime , or pauperism , or disturbance of the peace . It may exclude from its limits convicts , paupers , idiots , and lunatics , and persons likely to become a public charge , as well as persons afflicted by contagious or infectious ...
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... crime is infamous, the Legisla- ture cannot authorize any other mode of proceeding, than by indictment or present- ment. This throws a shield around the citizen to a great extent. What would be the true meaning of the words, infamous crimes ...
... crime is infamous, the Legisla- ture cannot authorize any other mode of proceeding, than by indictment or present- ment. This throws a shield around the citizen to a great extent. What would be the true meaning of the words, infamous crimes ...
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... crime is capital or otherwise infamous. I understand that in this case and in all others, except those excepted therein, where the judgment would be against life, liberty, or property, the process must in all respects be legal process ...
... crime is capital or otherwise infamous. I understand that in this case and in all others, except those excepted therein, where the judgment would be against life, liberty, or property, the process must in all respects be legal process ...
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... crime , without presentment or indictment , to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb for the same offence ; to compel him , in a criminal case , to be a witness against himself ; to deprive him of life , liberty or property , without ...
... crime , without presentment or indictment , to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb for the same offence ; to compel him , in a criminal case , to be a witness against himself ; to deprive him of life , liberty or property , without ...
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... crime , which de- mands reparation , because the right of the superiour [ the government ] is vio- lated , and because an injury is offered to the dignity of his [ the government's ] character . How naturally one mistake leads to ...
... crime , which de- mands reparation , because the right of the superiour [ the government ] is vio- lated , and because an injury is offered to the dignity of his [ the government's ] character . How naturally one mistake leads to ...
Índice
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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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