Faith, reason, and consent [[electronic resource] ] : legislating morality in early American states / / Wm. G. Miller
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Miller Wm. G (William George), <1968->
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| Titolo: |
Faith, reason, and consent [[electronic resource] ] : legislating morality in early American states / / Wm. G. Miller
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 342.7302/9 |
| Soggetto topico: | Constitutional history - United States - States |
| Constitutional law - Religious aspects | |
| Law and ethics - History - 18th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government 1775-1783 |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-290) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Faith, reason, and consent |
| ISBN: | 1-59332-364-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811088603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Law and society (New York, N.Y.)