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Autore |
Sandefur Timothy |
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Titolo |
The right to earn a living : economic freedom and the law / / Timothy Sandefur |
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Washington, D.C., : Cato Institute, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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9786613085085 |
9781283085083 |
1283085089 |
9781935308348 |
1935308343 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (399 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic liberties (U.S. Constitution) |
Constitutional law - Economic aspects - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. "The Most Precious Liberty Man Possesses"; 2. "Corporations" and "Monopolies,"Part I: 1602-1870; 3. "Corporations" and "Monopolies,"Part II: 1870 to the Present; 4. The Contracts Clause: Victim of the Living Constitution; 5. The Era of Substantive Due Process: Slaughterhouse to Lochner; 6. The Rational Basis Test; 7. Protectionism and the Law; 8. The Dormant Commerce Clause; 9. Commercial Speech; 10. The Manipulation of Contracts; 11. The Abuse of Tort Law; 12. Regulatory Takings; 13. The Future of Economic Liberty; Notes; Index |
About the AuthorCato Institute |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Explores the legal and constitutional history of the right to earn a living without unreasonable government interference, and reveals the many ways in which that right is threatened today. |
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