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

Collins, Ronald K.L.,Chaltain, Sam

ISBN 10: 0195175727 / ISBN 13: 9780195175721

Published by Oxford University Press, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free: Stories of Free Expression in America
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195175727
• ISBN 13: 9780195175721
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Ronald K. L. Collins is the Harold S. Shefelman Scholar at the University of Washington School of Law and a fellow at the First Amendment Center. He is the editor of The Fundamental Holmes: A Free Speech Chronicle and Reader.

Sam Chaltain is the past National Director of the Forum for Education and Democracy in Washington, DC. He writes and consults regularly about democracy and learning.