Free Speech in Its Forgotten Years, 1870-1920

Klappentext Controversies and litigation about free speech! often involving sex reformers and labor unions! preceded the Espionage Act of 1917. Zusammenfassung Most American historians and legal scholars incorrectly assume that controversies and litigation about free speech began abruptly during World War I; yet important free speech controversies and legal cases preceded the Espionage Act of 1917. World War I obscured prior libertarian defenses of free speech. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The lost tradition of libertarian radicalism; 2. The IWW free speech fights; 3. The courts and free speech; 4. Legal scholarship; 5. Free speech in progressive social thought; 6. The Espionage Act; 7. World War I and the creation of the modern Civil Liberties Movement; 8. Holmes, Brandeis, and the judicial transformation of the First Amendment after World War I; 9. Epilogue: current parallels to prewar progressive thought.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: David M. Rabban, David M. (University of Texas Rabban, Rabban David M.
• Collaboration: Christopher Tomlins (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.12.1999
• EAN: 9780521655378
• ISBN: 978-0-521-65537-8
• Pages: 422
• Thèmes: Cambridge Historical Studies i; Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Human rights, civil rights, Freedom Of Information & Freedom Of Speech