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Equality and liberty in the golden age of state constitutional law / Jeffrey M. Shaman.
LIBRA KF4749 .S53 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shaman, Jeffrey M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil rights--United States--States.
- Civil rights.
- Constitutional law--United States--States.
- Constitutional law.
- Equality before the law.
- United States.
- Equality before the law--United States--States.
- Liberty.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 269 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- Introduction: The New Judicial Federalism xiii
- Chapter 1 Equality 1
- The Federal Model of Equality 8
- The State Conception of Equality 15
- Special Privileges or Immunities 28
- Equal Protection of the Laws 38
- Chapter 2 Classifications 45
- Racial Classifications 46
- Gender Classifications 53
- Classifications Based on Sexual Orientation 61
- Classifications Based on Age 70
- Chapter 3 Rights and Privileges 79
- Educational Financing 79
- Economic Rights 86
- Tax Laws 88
- Damage Caps 93
- Allocation of Economic Benefits 96
- Regulatory Legislation 101
- Special Entitlements 106
- Criminal Law 107
- Disparate Penalties 108
- Prosecutorial Discretion 113
- Disparate Treatment of Men and Women 115
- Juvenile Offenders 116
- Chapter 4 The Right of Privacy 121
- The Federal Model of Privacy 125
- The State Conception of Privacy 136
- The Right to Be Let Alone 138
- The Millian Principle 143
- The Inherent and Unalienable Cornerstone of Liberty 148
- Penumbrae Redux 153
- Spatial Privacy: The Home as Sanctuary 155
- Constitutional Situs and Methodology 158
- Chapter 5 Family Rights 163
- Reproductive Freedom 163
- Public Funding of Abortions 163
- Abortion Rights of Minors 168
- Informed Consent and Waiting Periods 171
- Family Relations 174
- Parental Rights 174
- Adoption 176
- Cohabitation as a Family 181
- Chapter 6 Civil Unions and Marriage 185
- Chapter 7 The Right of Intimate Association 211
- Sexual Relations Between Consenting Adults (Married or Not) 211
- Gay and Lesbian Sexual Relations 215
- Public Health 222
- Social Morality 224
- Other State Interests 225
- Chapter 8 The Right of Bodily Integrity 229
- The Right to Refuse Medical Treatment and the Right to Die 229
- The Right to Ingest Food, Beverages, or Other Substances 235
- Chapter 9 Backlash and Advancement 243.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195334340
- 0195334345
- OCLC:
- 173248963
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