The classical liberal constitution : the uncertain quest for limited government / Richard A. Epstein.
American liberals and conservatives alike take for granted a progressive view of the Constitution that took root in the early twentieth century. Richard A. Epstein laments this complacency which, he believes, explains America's current economic malaise and political gridlock. Steering clear of...
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2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminaries
- Our two constitutions
- The classical liberal synthesis
- The progressive response
- Constitutional interpretation: the original and the prescriptive constitutions
- Constitutional structures
- The judicial power
- The legislative power
- The executive power
- Individual rights
- Property, contract, and liberty
- Speech
- Religion
- Equal protection
- The Classical Liberal Alternative.