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The right to earn a living : economic freedom and the law / Timothy Sandefur.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sandefur, Timothy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic liberties (U.S. Constitution).
- Constitutional law--Economic aspects--United States.
- Constitutional law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (399 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613085085
- 9781283085083
- 1283085089
- 9781935308348
- 1935308343
- OCLC:
- 667271535
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