Freedom's Law

Freedom's Law

Author: Ronald Dworkin

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 0198265573

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Dworkin's important book is a collection of essays which discuss almost all of the great constitutional issues of the last two decades, including abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, homosexuality, pornography, and free speech. Dworkin offers a consistently liberal view of the Constitution and argues that fidelity to it and to law demands that judges make moral judgments. He proposes that we all interpret the abstract language of the Constitution by reference to moral principles about political decency and justice. His 'moral reading' therefore brings political morality into the heart of constitutional law. The various chapters of this book were first published separately; now drawn together they provide the reader with a rich, full-length treatment of Dworkin's general theory of law.


Human Liberty and Freedom of Speech

Human Liberty and Freedom of Speech

Author: C. Edwin Baker

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 0195079027

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Baker here evaluates the prevalent justifications for freedom of speech and formulates a liberty theory, which he applies to contemporary free speech cases as a means of suggesting possible reforms to free speech doctrine.


The First Amendment in Cross-Cultural Perspective

The First Amendment in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Author: Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr.

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2009-03

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 0814748252

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The First Amendment—and its guarantee of free speech for all Americans—has been at the center of scholarly and public debate since the birth of the Constitution, and the fervor in which intellectuals, politicians, and ordinary citizens approach the topic shows no sign of abating as the legal boundaries and definitions of free speech are continually evolving and facing new challenges. Such discussions have generally remained within the boundaries of the U.S. Constitution and its American context, but consideration of free speech in other industrial democracies can offer valuable insights into the relationship between free speech and democracy on a larger and more global scale, thereby shedding new light on some unexamined (and untested) assumptions that underlie U.S. free speech doctrine. Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr., compares the First Amendment with free speech law in Japan, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom—countries that are all considered modern democracies but have radically different understandings of what constitutes free speech. Challenging the popular—and largely American—assertion that free speech is inherently necessary for democracy to thrive, Krotoszynski contends that it is very difficult to speak of free speech in universalist terms when the concept is examined from a framework of comparative law that takes cultural difference into full account.


First Amendment Freedoms

First Amendment Freedoms

Author: Michael C. LeMay

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2021-03-01

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 1440869308

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First Amendment Freedoms: A Reference Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of the discourse on First Amendment freedom issues in an objective and unbiased manner and provides valuable data and documents to guide readers to further research on the subject. First Amendment Freedoms: A Reference Handbook provides a comprehensive, objective, and accessible source of critically important information on the First Amendment freedoms of religion, speech, and assembly, and the post-Civil War Fourteenth Amendment. Geared for high school and college readers, it covers relevant historical events from the adoption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to the array of Supreme Court cases that further defined the scope and limits of First Amendment freedoms. Composed of seven chapters, plus a glossary and index, the volume will present the background and history of the First Amendment; problems, controversies, and solutions; a perspectives chapter with nine original essay contributions; profiles of the leading actors and organizations involved in First Amendment politics; governmental data and excerpts of primary documents on the topic; and a resources chapter comprising an annotated list of the key books, scholarly journals, and nonprint sources on the topic. It closes with a detailed chronology of major events concerning First Amendment freedoms.


The First Amendment Book

The First Amendment Book

Author: Robert J. Wagman

Publisher: World Almanac Books

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13:

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Explains the origin and history of the First Amendment, discussing its guarantee of freedom of the press, tracing its evolution, and containing firsthand accounts of press freedom challenges by top newspaper editors.