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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461438703321

Autore

Piety Tamara R

Titolo

Brandishing the First Amendment [[electronic resource] ] : commercial expression in America / / Tamara R. Piety

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-12891-7

9786613532794

0-472-02772-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Disciplina

342.7308/53

Soggetti

Corporate speech - United States

Freedom of speech - United States

Advertising laws - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Commercial and corporate speech -- The scope of commercial expression -- Why protect speech? Four fundamental interests -- Autonomy as a human interest -- Brands, information, and consumer "education" -- Advertising and manipulation -- Tough love paternalism -- The corporate person -- Commercial democracy -- Commercial expression and economic instability -- Commercial expression and environmental instability.