The First Amendment, Democracy, and Romance /

If an organizing symbol makes sense in First Amendment jurisprudence, it is not the image of a content-neutral government, argues Steven Shiffrin, nor is it a town-hall meeting or even a robust marketplace of ideas. If the First Amendment is to have an organizing symbol, let it be an Emersonian symb...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shiffrin, Steven H., 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1993]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Freedom of speech.
LAW > Public.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Constitutional.
Liberte d'expression > États-Unis.
Freedom of speech > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:If an organizing symbol makes sense in First Amendment jurisprudence, it is not the image of a content-neutral government, argues Steven Shiffrin, nor is it a town-hall meeting or even a robust marketplace of ideas. If the First Amendment is to have an organizing symbol, let it be an Emersonian symbol: let it be the image of the dissenter. Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback e.
Item Description:Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1990.
Physical Description:1 online resource (296 pages).
ISBN:9781400863464

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