The First Amendment in Cross-Cultural Perspective - A Comparative Legal Analysis of the Freedom of Speech

The First Amendment - and its guarantee of free speech for all Americans - has been at the centre of scholarly and public debate since the birth of the Constitution, and the fervor in which intellectuals, politicians, and ordinary citizens approach the to

List of contents

Acknowledgments; Preface
1 Comparative Law, Free Speech, and the "Central Meaning" of the First Amendment; 2 Freedom of Speech in the United States; 3 Free Speech in Canada: Balancing Free Speech and a Commitment to Communitarian Values; 4 Free Speech in

About the author

Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr.

Summary

Compares the First Amendment with free speech law in Japan, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Product details

• Authors: Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr., Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Ronald J Krotoszynski Jr, Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr, Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr.
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2009
• EAN: 9780814748251
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-4825-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: Critical America; Critical America (New York Uni; Critical America
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education