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Title The First Amendment, freedom of speech : its constitutional history and the contemporary debate / edited by Vikram David Amar.

Publication Info. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2009.

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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  342.73 F    Check Shelf
Description 304 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Bill of Rights series
Bill of Rights series (Amherst, N.Y.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents PART I. HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS. Commentaries on the laws of England / William Blackstone ; Free speech in war time / Zechariah Chafee Jr. ; Righting the balance : an inquiry into the foundations and limits of freedom of expression / Steven J. Heyman ; Seditious libel and the lost guarantee of freedom of expression / William T. Mayton ; The origins of the press clause / David A. Anderson -- PART II. THEORETICAL PARADIGMS. Must speech be special? / Frederick Schauer ; Free speech now / Cass R. Sunstein ; Scope of the first amendment : freedom of speech / C. Edwin Baker ; The first amendment is an absolute / Alexander Meiklejohn ; Equality as a central principle in the first amendment / Kenneth L. Karst -- PART III. SELECTED DOCTRINAL BATTLEGROUNDS. Content regulation and the first amendment / Geoffrey R. Stone ; Rules of engagement for cultural wars : regulating conduct, unprotected speech, and protected expression in anti-abortion protests / Alan E. Brownstein ; The concept of the public forum / Harry Kalven Jr. ; The case of the missing amendments : R.A.V. v. city of St. Paul / Akhil Reed Amar ; Public response to racist speech : considering the victim's story / Mari J. Matsuda ; Compelled subsidization of speech : Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Association / Robert Post ; Political money and freedom of speech / Kathleen M. Sullivan ; From Watergate to Ken Starr : Potter Stewart's "Or of the press" a quarter century later / Vikram David Amar.
Subject United States. Constitution. 1st Amendment.
Freedom of speech -- United States -- History.
Constitutional history -- United States.
Added Author Amar, Vikram.
Added Title Freedom of speech
ISBN 9781591026327 paperback alkaline paper
1591026326 paperback alkaline paper
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