Liberty of Contract: Rediscovering a Lost Constitutional Right
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (657 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1935308394 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 165 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Since 1994, David Mayer has been Professor of Law at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio -- teaching courses in Constitutional History, Copyright Law, and Unfair Trade Practices. He is the author of The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson, as well as numerous articles and essays.
. He is the author of The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson, as well as numerous articles and essays. About the Author Since 1994, David Mayer has been Professor of Law at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio -- teaching courses in Constitutional History, Copyright Law, and Unfair Trade Practices
This book rediscovers this lost right, identifying the foundations and nature of the Court's Lochner-era legal theories and decisions and shatters myths that scholars have created about this era and subject.. This book shines a powerful light on a fundamental constitutional right that the Supreme Court abandoned more than 70 years ago-the freedom of individuals to bargain over the terms of their own contracts. Vital to economic and personal liberty, this right has been continuously diminished by the country's regulatory and welfare state. Beginning in 1897 with the Supreme Court's historic Lochner decision, the Court safeguarded this right for 40 years by declaring that laws that interfered with the freedom of people to bargain over the terms of their own contracts were unconstitutional. Then in 1937, as part of the New Deal, the Court abandoned its protection for the liberty of contract
Good Book A Customer This book is not light reading, and it is definitely not a "page turner", but the information it conveys is indispensable in an age with unprecedented government encroachment on individual liberties. My only complaint is that it doesn't always lay out its arguments in easy to follow logic. Perhap. "A thoughtful and highly recommended pick for community library politics and economics collections" according to Midwest Book Review. At what extent should the law dabble in our business affairs? "Liberty of Contract: Rediscovering a Lost Constitutional Right" discusses the increasing presence in government interference in economic liberty. David N. Mayer makes his case for remembering this constitutional right and why it must