Modern Liberty - And the Limits of Government

A leading legal scholar offers an impassioned defense of liberty while critically analyzing the complex web of government regulations that both defend and threaten Americans'personal freedoms.

About the author

Charles Fried, the Beneficial Professor Law at the Harvard Law School, has taught and written about legal philosophy and constitutional law for over forty years. He served as solicitor general of the United States in the Reagan administration and as a judge on the highest court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. His books include Modern Liberty and the Limits of Government, Right and Wrong, and (with his son, Gregory Fried) Because It Is Wrong.

Summary

"An erudite, sharp-tongued libertarian, eager to do battle with censors, regulators ... and sanctimonious busybodies of every stripe."-New York Times

Product details

• Authors: Charles Fried
• Publisher: Norton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2007
• EAN: 9780393330458
• ISBN: 978-0-393-33045-8
• No. of pages: 220
• Weight: 192 g
• Series: Issues of Our Time (Norton Pap; Issues of Our Time (Norton Pap; Issues of Our Time
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education