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Title Defending the First : commentary on the First Amendment issues and cases / edited by Joseph Russomanno.

Publication Info. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series LEA's communication series
LEA's communication series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Creating a new first amendment right: Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo and the story of access to the media / Jerome A. Barron -- 2. Whose first amendment? Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. / Elliot C. Rothenberg -- 3. Freedom of speech: a casualty of war / Dan Johnson -- 4. "Miracle" of Burstyn v. Wilson / Marjorie Heins -- 5. Suppressing hateful ideas by force of law: reflections on R.A.V. v. St. Paul and Virginia v. Black / Edward J. Cleary -- 6. Anatomy of an oral argument / Rodney A. Smolla -- 7. A first amendment life / Bruce S. Rogow -- 8. First amendment in the age of the internet: the U.S. supreme court takes on the challenge of a new communication medium / Paul M. Smith -- 9. Past, present, and future of internet censorship and free speech advocacy / John B. Morris, Jr.
Summary A collection of perspectives on the First Amendment in legal and communication contexts. Editor Joseph Russomanno brings together those who have participated in the shaping of First Amendment. Readers are taken into a realm of personal experience and analysis through the stories of attorneys at the forefront of the battle to defend the "First.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject United States. Constitution. 1st Amendment.
United States.
Constitution (United States)
Freedom of speech -- United States.
Freedom of speech.
Freedom of the press -- United States.
Freedom of the press.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Russomanno, Joseph.
Other Form: Print version: Defending the First. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005 0805849254 (DLC) 2004056425 (OCoLC)56672296
ISBN 141061350X (electronic book)
9781410613509 (electronic book)
0805849254 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780805849257 (cloth ; alkaline paper)