Free Speech and False Speech - Political Deception and Its Legal Limits (Or Lack Thereof) (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book examines the history of the legal discourse around political falsehood and its future in the wake of the 2012 US Supreme Court decision in US v. Alvarez through communication law, political philosophy, and communication theory perspectives. As US v. Alvarez confirmed First Amendment protection for lies, Robert N. Spicer addresses how the ramifications of that decision function by looking at statutory and judicial handling of First Amendment protection for political deception. Illustrating how commercial speech is regulated but political speech is not, Spicer evaluates the role of deception in politics and its consequences for democracy in a contemporary political environment where political personalities, partisan media, and dark money donors bend the truth and abuse the virtue of free expression.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	March 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Robert N. Spicer
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	158
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-69819-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Law & society Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Freedom of information & freedom of speech Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Political control & influence > Propaganda
LSN:	3-319-69819-2
Barcode:	9783319698199

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