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Eternally Vigilant - Free Speech in the Modern Era (Hardcover)
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Eternally Vigilant - Free Speech in the Modern Era (Hardcover)
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For more than 200 years, the freedom of speech - considered among
Americans' most precious rights - has been guaranteed by the
Constitution. Yet, as Lee Bollinger and Geoffrey Stone point out in
their introduction, the First Amendment as we know it is largely a
creation of the past 80 years. "Eternally Vigilant" brings together
a stellar group of distinguished legal scholars to reflect boldly
on the past, and future of the First Amendment. Organized
thematically, the book begins with an historical overview by David
Strauss and an examination of the philosophical underpinnings of
the First Amendment by Vincent Blasi. Kent Greenawalt and Richard
Posner explore the lessons of the initial Supreme Court decisions
on the freedom of speech; Robert Post, Frederick Schauer and
Stanley Fish reflect on the general First Amendment theory and
doctrine; and Lillian BeVier, Owen Fiss and Cass Sunstein address
contemporary free speech issues and the future of free speech.
Stone and Bollinger provide helpful introductory notes to each
essay, and also offer an informal "dialogue" to introduce
nonexperts to the major issues of free speech jurisprudence. The
result is a unique volume that reaches across the entire spectrum
of First Amendment issues and offers a series of speculative essays
that explore such diverse subjects as seditions libel, campaign
regulation, commercial advertising, obscenity, and the new media.
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