First Amendment law in a nutshell

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Law Library — 2nd Floor Collection (2nd floor)

Call Number
KF4770.Z9 B37 2008
Status
Available

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Summary

This product provides a short and readable source for individuals interested in constitutional law, First Amendment law, and communications law. It is divided into four parts: the history, methodology, and philosophical foundations of the First Amendment; topics such as First Amendment issues that arise in cable television and in regulating children's access to the Internet; issues in First Amendment law such as the public forum doctrine, the compelled speech doctrine, and the free expression rights of government employees; and the text, history, and theory of the religion clauses, chronicling the ongoing battle in the Supreme Court between accommodationists and separationists.

Contents

pt. I. Background and methodology. Text, history and theory ; First Amendment methodology -- pt. II. Content-based regulation and low-value speech. Advocacy of illegal conduct ; Dangerous and offensive speech ; Obscenity and indecency ; Defamation, privacy and mental distress ; Commercial speech ; New Categories? -- pt. III. General approaches. The public forum ; Expressive conduct ; Freedom of association and belief ; Government sponsored environments ; Freedom of the press -- pt. IV. Freedom of religion. Text, history and theory of the religion clauses ; The Antiestablishment Clause ; The Free Exercise Clause.

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