The First Amendment, Democracy, and Romance
- ISBN-10
- 1400863465
- ISBN-13
- 9781400863464
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 296
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-07-14
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Author
- Steven H. Shiffrin
Description
If an organizing symbol makes sense in First Amendment jurisprudence, it is not the image of a content-neutral government, argues Steven Shiffrin, nor is it a town-hall meeting or even a robust marketplace of ideas. If the First Amendment is to have an organizing symbol, let it be an Emersonian symbol: let it be the image of the dissenter. Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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