Fighting Words: Individuals, Communities, and Liberties of Speech [NOOK Book]

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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 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...

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Overview

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 readers interested in the most current free speech issues.

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Editorial Reviews

New York Law Journal
Greenawalt's ... even-handed treatment of the relevant opinions and his reasoned support for a powerful free speech principle is a welcome change from the hectoring tone that often creeps into First Amendment debates.... Fighting Words is a wonderful book. With its publication, the era of serious comparative constitutional jurisprudence has begun.
— Burt Neuborne
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[A] thought-provoking, well-reasoned, and well-balanced analysis of the similarities and contrasts on issues of free speech between the U.S. Supreme Court's interpretation of the Bill of Rights and the Supreme Court of Canada's construction of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. . . . Required reading for scholars and laypeople alike.
The Boston Book Review
Everyone interested in contemporary debates about law, free speech, or democratic society should read ... Fighting Words.... [It] is an important book because it breaks a popular American conception that the First Amendment is an absolute.... Greenawalt opens the reader's mind to various legal alternatives regarding free expression.
— Archon Fung
New York Law Journal - Burt Neuborne
Greenawalt's ... even-handed treatment of the relevant opinions and his reasoned support for a powerful free speech principle is a welcome change from the hectoring tone that often creeps into First Amendment debates.... Fighting Words is a wonderful book. With its publication, the era of serious comparative constitutional jurisprudence has begun.
The Boston Book Review - Archon Fung
Everyone interested in contemporary debates about law, free speech, or democratic society should read ... Fighting Words.... [It] is an important book because it breaks a popular American conception that the First Amendment is an absolute.... Greenawalt opens the reader's mind to various legal alternatives regarding free expression.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781400821679
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Publication date: 5/13/1996
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Pages: 206
  • File size: 564 KB

Table of Contents



Preface



Ch. 1

Introduction: Free Speech Themes

3

Ch. 2

General Principles of Free Speech Adjudication in the United States and Canada

11

Ch. 3

Flag Burning

28

Ch. 4

Insults, Epithets, and "Hate Speech"

47

Ch. 5

Campus Speech Codes and Workplace Harassment

71

Ch. 6

Obscenity

99

Ch. 7

Individuals and Communities

124

Ch. 8

Conclusion: General Lessons

150



Notes

155



Index

183

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