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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455522203321

Autore

Greenawalt Kent <1936->

Titolo

Fighting words [[electronic resource] ] : individuals, communities, and liberties of speech / / Kent Greenawalt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1995

ISBN

9786612752223

1-4008-2167-3

1-282-75222-7

1-4008-1184-8

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Disciplina

342.73/0853

347.302853

Soggetti

Freedom of speech - United States

Freedom of speech - Canada

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-182) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter One. Introduction: Free Speech Themes -- Chapter Two. General Principles of Free Speech Adjudication in the United States and Canada -- Chapter Three. Flag Burning -- Chapter Four. Insults, Epithets, and "Hate Speech" -- Chapter Five. Campus Speech Codes and Workplace Harassment -- Chapter Six. Obscenity -- Chapter Seven. Individuals and Communities -- Chapter Eight. Conclusion: General Lessons -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Should "hate speech" be made a criminal offense, or does the First Amendment oblige Americans to permit the use of epithets directed against a person's race, religion, ethnic origin, gender, or sexual preference? Does a campus speech code enhance or degrade democratic values? When the American flag is burned in protest, what rights of free speech are involved? In a lucid and balanced analysis of contemporary court cases dealing with these problems, as well as those of obscenity and workplace harassment, acclaimed First Amendment scholar Kent Greenawalt now addresses a broad general audience of readers interested in the most current free speech issues.