The taming of free speech : America's civil liberties compromise / Laura Weinrib.
The taming of free speech : America's civil liberties compromise / Laura Weinrib.
The taming of free speech : America's civil liberties compromise / Laura Weinrib.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
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G 2017/5175
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English
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Physical content
461 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Freedom of speech in class war time -- The citadel of civil liberty -- The right of agitation -- Dissent -- The new battleground -- Old left, new rights -- The civil liberties consensus -- Free speech or fair labor -- Epilogue.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2016.
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"Judicial enforcement of the Bill of Rights is a defining feature of American constitutional democracy, yet in the first half of the twentieth century, neither freedom of speech nor court-centered constitutionalism commanded broad-based consensus. The Taming of Free Speech explains how lawyers and activists convinced Americans to entrust their civi...
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The taming of free speech : America's civil liberties compromise / Laura Weinrib.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-440) and index.
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G 2017/5175
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74VKVgZkNdEZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgZkNdEZ
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ISBN
0674545710 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780674545717 (cloth ; alk. paper)
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342.730853
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991024142808202626
