First Amendment Law in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.35 (870 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0314025812 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 531 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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George Washington University
About the Author George Washington University
Highly recommended Steve Sanders "Congress shall make no law," but on this subject at least, the Supreme Court gets to do pretty much whatever it wants. First Amendment doctrine is notoriously serpentine and challenging. While this nutshell doesn't change that, it does explain the law in a crisp, well-organized fashion, with a good balance of case summary and explanation/analysis. The authors are concise without dumbing down the law. While there are big treatises out there for practitioners or for in-depth reference use (e.g., Smolla and Nimmer), th
Text, History and Theory; First Amendment Methodology; Advocacy of Illegal Conduct; Fighting Words, Hostile Audiences and Offensive Speech; Obscenity and Indecency; Defamation, Privacy and Mental Distress; Commercial Speech; New Categories (Racist Speech, Pornography and Feminism); The Public Forum; Expressive Conduct; Freedom of Association and Belief; Electoral Process; Government-Sponsored Environments; Freedom of the Press; Religion Clauses; Anti-Establishment Clause; Free Exercise Clause.