02688nam 2200589 a 450 991081108860332120240410164047.01-59332-364-6(CKB)1000000000704812(OCoLC)300319016(CaPaEBR)ebrary10430471(SSID)ssj0000153076(PQKBManifestationID)11151446(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000153076(PQKBWorkID)10391567(PQKB)11100074(MiAaPQ)EBC3016874(Au-PeEL)EBL3016874(CaPaEBR)ebr10430471(OCoLC)923650253(EXLCZ)99100000000070481220080520d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFaith, reason, and consent[electronic resource] legislating morality in early American states /Wm. G. MillerNew York LFB Scholarly Pub.20081 online resource (308 p.) Law and societyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-59332-273-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-290) and index.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.Law and society (New York, N.Y.)Constitutional historyUnited StatesStatesConstitutional lawReligious aspectsLaw and ethicsHistory18th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1775-1783Constitutional historyStates.Constitutional lawReligious aspects.Law and ethicsHistory342.7302/9Miller Wm. G(William George),1968-1670958MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811088603321Faith, reason, and consent4033147UNINA