We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free - Stories of Free Expression in America

Zusatztext We Must not be Afraid to be Free skillfully blends history and doctrine, furnishing the reader with an introduction to core free speech cases through vivid and real-life accounts of the parties, judges, and attorneys involved. Collins and Chaltain thus successfully bring to life the law and history of the First Amendment, providing a deeply engaging work of scholarship for general readers and students of the law alike. Informationen zum Autor Ronald K. L. Collins is the Harold S. Shefelman Scholar at the University of Washington School of Law and a fellow at the First Amendment Center. He is the editor of The Fundamental Holmes: A Free Speech Chronicle and Reader.Sam Chaltain is the past National Director of the Forum for Education and Democracy in Washington, DC. He writes and consults regularly about democracy and learning. Klappentext In We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free, Ron Collins and Sam Chaltain, two noted free speech scholars and activists, provide authoritative and vivid portraits of free speech in modern America. Zusammenfassung In We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free, Ron Collins and Sam Chaltain, two noted free speech scholars and activists, provide authoritative and vivid portraits of free speech in modern America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: Freedom and Fear: Justice Hugo Black 1. First Amendment Fundamentalism: George Anastaplo and Free-speech Absolutism 2. "Everybody is Against the Reds": Benjamin Gitlow and the First and Fourteenth Amendments 3. Calling Dr. Meiklejohn: Alexander Meiklejohn and First Amendment Theories 4. "The Final Jury of the Nation": Daniel Ellsberg and National Security 5. Fighting Times and Fighting Faiths: Eugene Dennis and the Clear and Present Danger Test 6. Saving the NAACP: Robert Carter and the (Civil) Right to Associate 7. Crosses and Crises: Edward Cleary and Hate Speech 8. Striking Back at the Birchers: Elmer Gertz and Defamation 9. Saving Old Glory: Gregory Johnson and Flag Desecration 10. Count-me-ins and Count-me-outs: Mary Beth Tinker and Student Speech Epilogue: Hugo Black and Beyond: The Future of Freedom Free Speech Timeline ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sam Chaltain, Sam (Former National Director Chaltain, Chaltain Sam, Ron K L Collins, Ron K. L. Collins, Ronald K L Collins, Ronald K. L. Collins, Ronald K.L. Collins, Ronald K.L. (Harold S. Shefelman Scholar Collins, Ronald/ Chaltain Collins
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.03.2011
• EAN: 9780195175721
• ISBN: 978-0-19-517572-1
• Pages: 496
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Droit > Droit international, droit étranger; Television, LAW / Legal History, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Media & the Law, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship, Films, cinema, Film, TV & radio, Legal History, Ethical Issues: Censorship, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general