Fighting Words : Individuals, Communities, and Liberties of Speech

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Should "hate speech" be made a criminal offense, or does the First Amendment oblige Americans to permit the use of epithets directed against a person's race, religion, ethnic origin, gender, or sexual preference? Does a campus speech code enhance or degrade democratic values? When the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Greenawalt, Kent
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Freedom of speech.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Liberte d'expression > Canada.
Liberte d'expression > États-Unis.
Freedom of speech > Canada.
Freedom of speech > United States.
United States.
Canada.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Should "hate speech" be made a criminal offense, or does the First Amendment oblige Americans to permit the use of epithets directed against a person's race, religion, ethnic origin, gender, or sexual preference? Does a campus speech code enhance or degrade democratic values? When the American flag is burned in protest, what rights of free speech are involved? In a lucid and balanced analysis of contemporary court cases dealing with these problems, as well as those of obscenity and workplace harassment, acclaimed First Amendment scholar Kent Greenawalt now addresses a broad general audience of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (206 pages).
ISBN:9781400821679

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