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Freedom of Speech: Volume 21, Part 2 (Paperback, New)
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Freedom of Speech: Volume 21, Part 2 (Paperback, New)
Series: Social Philosophy and Policy
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Whether free speech is defended as a fundamental right that inheres
in each individual, or as a guarantee that all of society's members
will have a voice in democratic decision-making, or as 'marketplace
of ideas' that facilitates the emergence of truth by allowing
vigorous competition among diverse points of view, the central role
of expressive freedom in liberating the human spirit is undeniable.
Enshrined in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution
with a brevity that would belie its subsequent history of intricate
judicial parsing, freedom of expression will, as the essays in this
volume illuminate, encounter new and continuing controversies in
the twenty-first century. Advances in digital technology raise
pressing questions regarding freedom of speech and, with it,
intellectual property and privacy rights. As the expansion of the
Internet tests, and often confounds, legal statutes and precedents
established in the era of the printing press, cyberspace looms as a
relatively uncharted frontier for free speech and copyright law.
Campaign finance reform limits the formerly sacrosanct category of
'political speech', while campus speech codes have spawned debates
over '
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