Free Speech: From Core Values to Current Debates
- ISBN-10
- 1108830579
- ISBN-13
- 9781108830577
- Series
- Free Speech
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-04-28
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- E. Thomas Sullivan, Len Niehoff
Description
This book provides a readable and comprehensive overview of the history, theory, law, and current debates over freedom of speech.
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