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EBOOK We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free:Stories of Free Expression in America

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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199792696
EAN: 2D9D03B6EB
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Stron: 448
Data wydania: 2011
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In a stinging dissent to a 1961 Supreme Court decision that allowed the Illinois        state bar to deny admission to prospective lawyers if they refused to answer        political questions, Justice Hugo Black closed with the memorable line, "e;We must not        be afraid to be free."e; Black saw the First Amendment as the foundation of American        freedom--the guarantor of all other Constitutional rights. Yet since free speech is        by nature unruly, people fear it. The impulse to curb or limit it has been a        constant danger throughout American history.In We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free, Ron        Collins and Sam Chaltain, two noted free speech scholars and activists, provide        authoritative and vivid portraits of free speech in modern America. The authors        offer a series of engaging accounts of landmark First Amendment cases, including        bitterly contested cases concerning loyalty oaths, hate speech, flag burning,        student anti-war protests, and McCarthy-era prosecutions. The book also describes        the colorful people involved in each case--the judges, attorneys, and        defendants--and the issues at stake. Tracing the development of free speech rights        from a more restrictive era--the early twentieth century--through the Warren Court        revolution of the 1960s and beyond, Collins and Chaltain not only cover the history        of a cherished ideal, but also explain in accessible language how the law        surrounding this ideal has changed over time.Essential for anyone interested in this        most fundamental of our rights, We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free provides a        definitive and lively account of our First Amendment and the price courageous        Americans have paid to secure them.

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