The Tolerant Society

Freedom of Speech and Extremist Speech in America

Lee C. Bollinger (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

1988
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-505430-9 (ISBN)

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This book examines the consequences of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. While Americans benefit from its broad protection of freedom of speech, they also suffer from the extremes which result from interpretation of the same amendment. Bollinger provides a masterly critique of the major theories of freedom of expression, finding them persuasive but inadequate. Buttressing his argument with references to many specific cases, as well as with careful analysis of the primary literature on free speech, he contends that the real value of toleration of extremist speech lies in the extraordinary self-control toward antisocial behaviour that it elicits: society is strenthened by the exercise of tolerance.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.7.1988
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	201 x 132 mm
Gewicht	395 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-19-505430-X / 019505430X
ISBN-13	978-0-19-505430-9 / 9780195054309
Zustand	Neuware