Free Speech and Its Relation to Self-Government (Hardcover)

Reprint of sole edition. Originally published: New York: Harper Brothers Publishers, 1948]. "Dr. Meiklejohn, in a book which greatly needed writing, has thought through anew the foundations and structure of our theory of free speech . . . he rejects all compromise. He reexamines the fundamental principles of Justice Holmes' theory of free speech and finds it wanting because, as he views it, under the Holmes doctrine speech is not free enough. In these few pages, Holmes meets an adversary worthy of him . . . Meiklejohn in his own way writes a prose as piercing as Holmes, and as a foremost American philosopher, the reach of his culture is as great . . . this is the most dangerous assault which the Holmes position has ever borne." --JOHN P. FRANK, Texas Law Review 27:405-412. ALEXANDER MEIKLEJOHN 1872-1964] was dean of Brown University from 1901-1913, when he became president of Amherst College. In 1923 Meiklejohn moved to the University of Wisconsin- Madison, where he set up an experimental college. He was a longtime member of the National Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union. In 1945 he was a United States delegate to the charter meeting of UNESCO in London. Lectureships have been named for him at Brown University and at the University of Wisconsin. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963.

General

Imprint:	Lawbook Exchange
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	December 2011
Authors:	Alexander Meiklejohn
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Unsewn / adhesive bound
Pages:	126
ISBN-13:	978-1-58477-087-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship Promotions
LSN:	1-58477-087-2
Barcode:	9781584770879

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