The right to earn a living : economic freedom and the law / Timothy Sandefur.
| Author/creator | Sandefur, Timothy |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, ©2010. |
| Description | xvii, 376 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | "The most precious liberty man possesses" -- "Corporations" and "monopolies," part I : 1602-1870 -- "Corporations" and "monopolies," part II : 1870 to the present -- The contracts clause : victim of the living constitution -- The era of substantive due process : Slaughterhouse to Lochner -- The rational basis test -- Protectionism and the law -- The dormant commerce clause -- Commercial speech -- The manipulation of contracts -- The abuse of tort law -- Regulatory takings -- The future of economic liberty. |
| Abstract | Traces the history of the fundamental human right of economic liberty, a right protected by English courts over a century before the United States gained independence but which the author argues has been eroded in the years since the Progressive era, and looks at twenty-first-century controversies over economic freedom. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010005484 |
| ISBN | 9781935308331 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1935308335 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | KF4753 .S26 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |