Faith, reason, and consent legislating morality in early American states /

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Hovedforfatter: Miller, Wm. G. (William George), 1968-
Institution som forfatter: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2008.
Serier:Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Legislating morality : four streams of thought
  • Three grounding principles for moral legislation : popular sovereignty, natural law, and divine law
  • The nature of God in early American state constitutions
  • The nature of man in early American state constitutions
  • The constitutionality of moral legislation in early state constitutions
  • A constitutional mandate : moral legislation in post-revolutionary Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Massachusetts
  • Ambiguous constitutionality : moral legislation in post-revolutionary Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia, New York, and South Carolina
  • Contemporary scholarship and early American state legislation of morality
  • Considerations for legislation of morality in the 21st century.