Floyd Abrams, a noted lawyer and award-winning legal scholar specializing in First Amendment issues, examines the degree to which American law protects free speech more often, more intensely, and more controversially than is the case ...
With its concise, yet comprehensive presentation, The First Amendment presents the law solely through case excerpts and the author’s own essays, which make the law more readily understood through context and background information.
The First Amendment: Freedom of Speech
This extraordinary freedom results not from America’s culture of tolerance, but from fourteen words in the constitution: the free expression clauses of the First Amendment.InFreedom for the Thought That We Hate, two-time Pulitzer Prize ...
The book includes * An explanation of the origins of the First Amendment * A concise, chronological history of 50 legal cases, including many landmark decisions, involving the First Amendment in public schools * Answers to frequently asked ...
After all, strong liberals like Brennan and Marshall dissented in Smith. Moreover, the decision has been widely criticized. As discussed in Chapter 9, shortly after the decision, Congress unanimously passed the Religious Freedom ...
Addressing a host of hot-button issues, Horwitz argues that rigidly doctrinal interpretation renders First Amendment law inept in the face of messy, real-world situations.
This rediscovery of First Amendment rights offers both an engaging constitutional history and insight into contemporary political dialogue and society.
If the parade does not send a single message, would GLIB's simply be one among many messages communicated by the parade? 3. Hurley and PruneYard. If mandating access to the private mall in PruneYard did not compel expression, ...
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.