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Autore |
Turner William |
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Titolo |
Figures of Speech : First Amendment Heroes and Villains |
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San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2011 |
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9786613146601 |
9781283146609 |
1283146606 |
9781609944636 |
1609944631 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (230 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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323.44/3092273 |
323.44309227 |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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