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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458149603321

Autore

Baker C. Edwin

Titolo

Human liberty and freedom of speech [[electronic resource] /] / C. Edwin Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 1989

ISBN

0-19-536002-8

1-4294-0764-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii,385p.)

Disciplina

347.302853

Soggetti

Freedom of speech - United States

Political science

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

The author develops a liberty theory of freedom of speech, which is then contrasted with the currently dominant "marketplace of ideas" theory. The text re-examines the entire American school of thought on the meaning of the First Amendment.