Faith, reason, and consent legislating morality in early American states /

Main Author: Miller, Wm. G. 1968-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2008.
Series:Law and society
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10430471
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-290) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
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650 0 |a Law and ethics  |x History  |y 18th century. 
651 0 |a United States  |x Politics and government  |y 1775-1783. 
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