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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954407403321

Autore

Turner William

Titolo

Figures of Speech : First Amendment Heroes and Villains

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2011

ISBN

9786613146601

9781283146609

1283146606

9781609944636

1609944631

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

0

Altri autori (Persone)

LewisAnthony

Disciplina

323.44/3092273

323.44309227

Soggetti

Freedom of speech - United States

Freedom of speech -- United States

Freedom of speech

United States

United States. Constitution. 1st Amendment

Law, Politics & Government

Human Rights

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

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Yetta Stromberg; 2 Jehovah's Witnesses; 3 Dannie Martin; 4 Raymond Procunier and Robert H. Schnacke; 5 Earl Caldwell; 6 Richard Hongisto; 7 Clarence Brandenburg; 8 Larry Flynt; 9 Clinton Fein and the ACLU; Afterword; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Acknowledgments; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Recounting controversial First Amendment cases from the Red Scare era to Citizens United, William Bennett Turner shows how we've arrived at our contemporary understanding of free speech. His strange cast of heroes and villains, some drawn from cases he litigated, includes Communists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Ku Klux Klansmen, the world's leading pornographer, prison wardens, dogged reporters, federal



judges, a computer whiz, and a counterculture comedian. Figures of Speech offers a brief and insightful history of speaking up-and facing the consequences.