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UNINA9910969842603321 |
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Autore |
Collins Ronald K. L |
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Titolo |
We must not be afraid to be free : stories of free expression in America / / Ronald K.L. Collins, Sam Chaltain |
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Oxford [U.K.] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-979269-0 |
1-283-09779-6 |
9786613097798 |
0-19-972114-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (448 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Freedom of speech - United States |
Civil rights - United States |
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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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First Amendment fundamentalism : George Anastaplo and free-speech absolutism -- "Everybody is against the reds" : Benjamin Gitlow and the First and Fourteenth Amendments -- Calling Dr. Meiklejohn : Alexander Meiklejohn and First Amendment theories -- "The final jury of the nation" : Daniel Ellsberg and national security -- Fighting times and fighting faiths : Eugene Dennis and the clear and present danger -- Saving the NAACP : Robert Carter and the (Civil) right to association -- Crosses and crises : Edward Cleary and hate speech -- Striking back at the birchers : Elmer Gertz and defamation -- Saving old glory : Gregory Johnson and flag desecration -- Count-me-ins and count-me-outs : Mary Beth Tinker and student speech. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In a stinging dissent to a 1961 Supreme Court decision that allowed the Illinois state bar to deny admission to prospective lawyers if they refused to answer political questions, Justice Hugo Black closed with the memorable line, ""We must not be afraid to be free."" Black saw the First Amendment as the foundation of American freedom--the guarantor of all other Constitutional rights. Yet since free speech is by nature unruly, people fear it. The impulse to curb or limit it has been a constant danger throughout American history. In We Must Not Be Afraid |
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