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Eloquence and reason : creating a First Amendment culture / / Robert L. Tsai



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Autore: Tsai Robert L. <1971-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Eloquence and reason : creating a First Amendment culture / / Robert L. Tsai Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2008
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 198 p.))
Disciplina: 342.7308/53
Soggetto topico: Freedom of speech - United States
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Freedom as a Matter of Faith -- 2. Metaphor and Community -- 3. Linguistic Transformation -- 4. Political Pathways -- 5. War and Syntax -- 6. Adjudication as Facilitation -- Coda -- Notes -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: This provocative book presents a theory of the First Amendment's development. During the twentieth century, Americans gained trust in its commitments, turned the First Amendment into an instrument for social progress, and exercised their rhetorical freedom to create a common language of rights. Robert L. Tsai explains that the guarantees of the First Amendment have become part of a governing culture and nationwide priority. Examining the rhetorical tactics of activists, presidents, and lawyers, he illustrates how committed citizens seek to promote or destabilize a convergence in constitutional ideas. Eloquence and Reason reveals the social and institutional processes through which foundational ideas are generated and defends a cultural role for the courts.
Titolo autorizzato: Eloquence and reason  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-35159-1
9786612351594
0-300-15187-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813798503321
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