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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781317603321

Autore

O'Brien David M

Titolo

Congress shall make no law [[electronic resource] ] : the First Amendment, unprotected expression, and the Supreme Court / / David M. O'Brien

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010

ISBN

1-283-16345-4

9786613163455

1-4422-0512-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Collana

Free expression in America series

Disciplina

342.7308/53

Soggetti

Freedom of speech - United States

Libel and slander - United States

Hate speech - United States

Obscenity (Law) - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. When ''No Law'' Doesn't Mean ''No Law''; 2. Obscenity, Pornography, and Indecent Expression; 3. Defamation and Related Harms; 4. Commercial Speech; 5. ''Fighting Words,'' Provocative and Disruptive Expression; 6. Conclusion; Appendix: Unprotected Speech Time Line; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The First Amendment declares that 'Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech , or of the press. . . . ' Yet, in the following 200 years, the Supreme Court has defined certain categories of expression-the obscene, the defamatory, commercial, and fighting words or disruptive expression-as constitutionally unprotected. Noted legal scholar David O'Brien provides a history of each category of unprotected speech and puts into bold relief the larger questions of what kinds of expression should (and should not) receive First Amendment protection.