Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty

Abstract: The growth of government is usurping the freedoms we thought were guaranteed by the Constitution. This copiously documented book tells how we are losing our rights, and suggests how we might regain them.

Keywords: book review, politics, freedom, liberty, civil rights, United States.

Title: Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty Author: James Bovard Publisher: St. Martin's Date Published: April 1997 ISBN: 0765445158 LOCN: JC599.U5B598 1994 Dewey: 323/.0973 20 Pages: 408 Footnotes: 2039

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CONTENTS

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Chapter 1: The New Leviathan

Chapter 2: Seizure Fever: The War on Property Rights

Chapter 3: The Proliferation of Petty Dictatorships

Chapter 4: Politics vs. Contracts

Chapter 5: Subsidies and Subjugation

Chapter 6: The Opportunity Police

Chapter 7: Guns, Drugs, Searches, and Snares

Chapter 8: Taxing and Tyrannizing

Chapter 9: Spiking Speech, Bankrupting Newspapers, and Jamming Broadcasts

Chapter 10: Conclusion

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DATA

NOT FOUND 19990516 EARLIER EDITION FOLLOWS:

Author:        Bovard, James.
Title:         Lost rights : the destruction of American liberty
                  / James Bovard.
Edition:       1st ed.
Published:     New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994.
Description:   408 p. ; 25 cm.
LC Call No.:   JC599.U5B598 1994
Dewey No.:     323/.0973 20
ISBN:          0312103514 : $24.95 (33.99 Can.)
Notes:         Includes bibliographical references (p.
                  [337]-392) and index.
Subjects:      Civil rights -- United States.
               Liberty.
Control No.:   93031028 

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