Free Speech in an Open Society

Zusatztext "A clear-headed guide through difficult terrain...Well-written! firm in its judgements! passionate about speech itself." --Washington Post Book World "A scholarly work that goes beyond the platitudes of the debate over the First Amendment."--The Los Angeles Times Informationen zum Autor Rodney A. Smolla Klappentext This grand tour of First Amendment law underlines the intimate connection between free expression and democratic values as it leads us through the most treacherous and emotionally charged cases in American jurisprudence. "Intellectually venturesome. . . ".--"The New York Times Book Review". Zusammenfassung This grand tour of First Amendment law underlines the intimate connection between free expression and democratic values as it leads us through the most treacherous and emotionally charged cases in American jurisprudence. “Intellectually venturesome. . . .”— The New York Times Book Review

Product details

• Authors: Rodney A Smolla, Rodney A. Smolla
• Publisher: Vintage USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.07.1993
• EAN: 9780679742135
• ISBN: 978-0-679-74213-5
• No. of pages: 444
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education