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Dissent, injustice, and the meanings of America /
Americans should not just tolerate dissent. They should encourage it. In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Steven Shiffrin makes this case by arguing that dissent should be promoted because it lies at the heart of a core American value: free speech. He contends, however, that the country'...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©1999.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Americans should not just tolerate dissent. They should encourage it. In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Steven Shiffrin makes this case by arguing that dissent should be promoted because it lies at the heart of a core American value: free speech. He contends, however, that the country's major institutions--including the Supreme Court and the mass media--wrongly limit dissent. And he reflects on how society and the law should change to encourage nonconformity. Shiffrin is one of the country's leading first-amendment theorists. He advances his dissent-based theory of free spee. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 204 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-197) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691001425 0691001421 1400813387 9781400813384 1400807298 9781400807291 9781400822966 1400822963 9786612753671 6612753676 1282753673 9781282753679 |