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Freedom of speech is a central tenet of the American way of life that is tested and fought over seemingly every day. Curiously, people who follow and study free speech issues assume that controversies and litigation about free speech began abruptly during World War I. The surprising research... read more
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First Sentence edit
Just as most commentators have traced judicial interpretation of the First Amendment from the Espionage Act decisions in 1919, they have followed organized advocacy of free speech rights from the creation of the ACLU in the years between 1917 and 1920.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
1. The lost tradition of libertarian radicalism
2. The IWW free speech fights
3. The courts and free speech
4. Legal scholarship
5. Free speech in progressive social thought
6. The Espionage Act
7. World War I and the creation of the modern Civil Liberties Movement
8. Holmes, Brandeis, and the judicial transformation of the First Amendment after World War I
9. Epilogue: current parallels to prewar progressive thought
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- David M. Rabban (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country: Great Britain & USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0521620139
Page Count: 416
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country: Great Britain & USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0521620139
Page Count: 416
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: KF4772 .R33 1997
- Dewey: 973
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 19th Century › Gilded Age
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century › 1900s-1920s
- Books › Professional & Technical › Law › Constitutional Law
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Rights
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › Freedom & Security › Censorship
- Books › Law › Constitutional Law
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