Liberty of Contract: Rediscovering a Lost Constitutional Right

by David N. Mayer

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935308394
• ISBN13: 9781935308393
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Cato Institute
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 9.4"