Judging Free Speech: First Amendment Jurisprudence of US Supreme Court Justices - Softcover

Knowles, H.; Lichtman, S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1137434902 ISBN 13: 9781137434906

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

Synopsis

Judging Free Speech contains nine original essays by political scientists and law professors, each providing a comprehensive, yet concise and accessible overview of the free speech jurisprudence of a United States Supreme Court Justice.

About this title

About the Author:

Keith J. Bybee, Syracuse University, USA Douglas E. Edlin, Dickinson College, USA James C. Foster, Oregon State University, USA Frederick P. Lewis, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA Kevin J. McMahon, Trinity College - Connecticut, USA Samuel R. Olken, The John Marshall Law School, USA Michael Paris, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, USA Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School, USA

Review:

"It's a rare offering about the First Amendment that scholars in political science and law and most importantly their students, are likely to savor but this one fits that bill with ease. By focusing separately on the First Amendment opinions of nine Supreme Court Justices, ranging from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. to Justices Kennedy, Thomas and Breyer on the current Court, the authors offer the widest and most captivating articulations of views about what speech is protected and what is not." - Floyd Abrams, author of Friend of the Court (2014)

"An insightful set of essays examining the free speech jurisprudence of nine Supreme Court justices with diverse intellectual backgrounds, perspectives, and methodological outlooks. The book illuminates the complexity of the subject as well as its importance for our democratic institutions." - H. L. Pohlman, Professor of Political Science, Dickinson College, USA

"A fascinating, thoughtful, and important guided tour of the leading free speech minds of the American judiciary conducted by the leading free speech minds of the American legal and political science academy." - Mark Graber, Jacob A. France Professor of Constitutionalism, University of Maryland School of Law, USA

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1137434902
• ISBN 13: 9781137434906
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 297