Lessons in Censorship: How Schools and Courts Subvert Students' First Amendment Rights

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American public schools censor controversial student speech that the Constitution protects. Catherine Ross brings clarity to court rulings that define speech rights of young citizens and proposes ways to protect free expression, arguing that the failure of schools to respect civil liberties betrays their educational mission and threatens democracy.

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  Lessons in Censorship: How Schools and Courts Subvert Students' First...

  • 2015-10-19
  • 366 pages
  • Paperback
  • Harvard University Press

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