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Record Nr.

UNINA9911004892803321

Autore

Sandefur Timothy

Titolo

The right to earn a living : economic freedom and the law / / Timothy Sandefur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Cato Institute, 2010

ISBN

9786613085085

9781283085083

1283085089

9781935308348

1935308343

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 p.)

Disciplina

342.7308/5

Soggetti

Economic liberties (U.S. Constitution)

Constitutional law - Economic aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.