The Tolerant Society - Freedom of Speech and Extremist Speech in America (Paperback, New ed)

This book examines the consequences of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. While Americans benefit from its broad protection of freedom of speech, they also suffer from the extremes which result from interpretation of the same amendment. Bollinger provides a masterly critique of the major theories of freedom of expression, finding them persuasive but inadequate. Buttressing his argument with references to many specific cases, as well as with careful analysis of the primary literature on free speech, he contends that the real value of toleration of extremist speech lies in the extraordinary self-control toward antisocial behaviour that it elicits: society is strenthened by the exercise of tolerance.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 1988
First published:	May 1988
Authors:	Lee C. Bollinger (Dean)
Dimensions:	204 x 135 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-505430-9
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Freedom of information & freedom of speech
LSN:	0-19-505430-X
Barcode:	9780195054309

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