Faith, reason, and consent : legislating morality in early American states / Wm. G. Miller.
| Author/creator |
Miller, Wm. G. (William George), 1968- |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., |
| Description | ix, 298 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Law and society Law and society (New York, N.Y.) ^A539807 |
| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-290) and index |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008021808 |
| ISBN | 9781593322731 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1593322739 (alk. paper) |
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