The classical liberal constitution : the uncertain quest for limited government / Richard A. Epstein.

Author/creator Epstein, Richard Allen, 1943- author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Descriptionxv, 684 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents PART ONE: PRELIMINARIES. Introduction: Our Two Constitutions ; The Classical Liberal Synthesis ; The Progressive Response ; Constitutional Interpretation: The Original and the Prescriptive Constitutions -- PART TWO: CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES. The Origins of Judicial Review ; Marbury and Martin ; Standing: Background and Origins ; Modern Standing Law ; The Political Question Doctrine ; The Commerce Power: Theory and Practice, 1787-1865 ; The Commerce Clause in Transition: 1865-1937 ; The Commerce Clause: Transformational to Consolidation, 1937-1995 ; Constitutional Pushback: 1995 to Present, from Lopez to NFIB ; Enumerated Powers: Taxing and Spending ; The Necessary and Proper Clause ; The Dormant Commerce Clause ; Basic Principles and Domestic Powers ; Delegation and the Rise of Independent Agencies ; Foreign and Military Affairs -- PART THREE: INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. From Structural Protections to Individual Rights ; Procedural Due Process: Implementing the Classical Liberal Ideal ; Freedom of Contract ; Takings, Physical and Regulatory ; Personal Liberties and the Morals Head of the Police Power ; Freedom of Speech and Religion: Preliminary Considerations ; Force, Threats, and Inducements ; Fraud, Defamation, Emotional Distress, and Invasion of Privacy ; Government Regulation of the Speech Commons ; Progressive Regulation of Freedom of Speech: Labor, Communications, and Campaign Finance ; Free Exercise ; The Establishment Clause: Theoretical Foundations ; Regulation and Subsidy under the Establishment Clause ; The Commons ; Race and the Fourteenth Amendment ; Citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment ; Equal Protection and Sex Discrimination -- PART FOUR: CONCLUSION. Conclusion: The Classical Liberal Alternative.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 585-651) and indexes.
LCCN 2013015767
ISBN9780674724891 (hbk.)
ISBN0674724895 (hbk.)

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