Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder - The First Amendment and the Censor''s Dilemma

List of contents

1. The censor's dilemma; 2. Anthony Comstock: professional anti-vice crusader; 3. Comstock's legacy: a dilemma is born; 4. The Comstock playbook; 5. Seduction of the innocent: the comic book menace; 6. Ya got trouble: censorship and popular music; 7. The vast wasteland; 8. New age Comstockery: the indecency wars; 9. The anti-free speech movement; 10. Freedom of speech and the spirit of liberty.

About the author

Robert Corn-Revere is a leading First Amendment lawyer whose career has spanned over thirty-five years. He has argued cases in the Supreme Court, defeated the FCC in the Super Bowl 'wardrobe malfunction' case, and obtained a posthumous pardon for the late comedian Lenny Bruce from the Governor of New York.

Summary

This book is for anyone who wants to know more about how protections for free expression became part of the American identity and why freedom of speech is vitally important. By exploring historic examples, it explains why in a free society the censor never occupies the moral high ground.

Additional text

'We would all do well to learn about the nature of censorship, and Robert Corn-Revere's new book is a most valuable step in that direction.' Floyd Abrams, Founding Sponsor, The Floyd Abrams Institute for Free Expression at Yale Law School (from the Foreword to the book)

Product details

• Authors: Robert Corn-Revere
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781107129948
• ISBN: 978-1-107-12994-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship, Ethical Issues: Censorship, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Ethical issues: censorship / freedom of expression