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This concise but comprehensive book engagingly summarizes both the broad themes and specific tenets of First Amendment law, and the strongest arguments for and against protecting controversial speech such as hate speech and disinformation. It explains the many speech-protective legal rules that emerged during the Civil Rights era, demonstrating how essential free speech is for other human rights.
List of contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Free Speech Fundamentals
- Chapter 2: The Most Important Arguments for and against Free Speech
- Chapter 3: Free Speech Rights that the First Amendment Protects
- Chapter 4: Speech Restrictions that the First Amendment Permits
- Chapter 5: Speech Restrictions that the First Amendment Bars
- Chapter 6: First Amendment Rights in Specific Government Institutions
- Chapter 7: Other Legal Protections for Free Speech, in addition to the First Amendment
- Chapter 8: Some Important Current Free Speech Issues
- Conclusion
About the author
Nadine Strossen is a New York Law School Professor Emerita, past national President of the American Civil Liberties Union (1991-2008), a Senior Fellow with FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) and a frequent speaker/media commentator on constitutional law and civil liberties, who has testified before Congress on multiple occasions. Her most recent book is HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship (Oxford, 2018)
Summary
This concise but comprehensive book engagingly summarizes both the broad themes and specific tenets of First Amendment law, and the strongest arguments for and against protecting controversial speech such as hate speech and disinformation. It explains the many speech-protective legal rules that emerged during the Civil Rights era, demonstrating how essential free speech is for other human rights.
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