We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-517572-1 (ISBN)
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. The authors offer a series of engaging accounts of landmark First Amendment cases, including bitterly contested cases concerning loyalty oaths, hate speech, flag burning, student anti-war protests, and McCarthy-era prosecutions. The book also describes the colorful people involved in each case--the judges, attorneys, and defendants--and the issues at stake. Tracing the development of free speech rights from a more restrictive era--the early twentieth century--through the Warren Court revolution of the 1960s and beyond, Collins and Chaltain not only cover the history of a cherished ideal, but also explain in accessible language how the law surrounding this ideal has changed over time.
Essential for anyone interested in this most fundamental of our rights, We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free provides a definitive and lively account of our First Amendment and the price courageous Americans have paid to secure them.
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.
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
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.1.2014 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 239 x 165 mm |
Gewicht | 699 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-517572-7 / 0195175727 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-517572-1 / 9780195175721 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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