First Amendment Law in a Nutshell

by Barron, Jerome A.; Barron; Dienes, C. Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780314226778
• ISBN10: 031422677X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: West Group

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Table of Cases	xxi
PART ONE. BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY
Text, History and Theory	1	(18)
The Marketplace of Ideas Model	7	(2)
The Self-Government Model---Civic Republicanism and Civic Virtue Revived	9	(3)
The Liberty Model---Self-Fulfillment and Autonomy	12	(2)
Additional Theories of Free Expression	14	(3)
Critics of Special Protection for Free Expression	17	(2)
First Amendment Methodology	19	(40)
Categorization and Balancing	19	(7)
Content-Based v. Content-Neutral Regulations	26	(14)
Overbreadth and Vagueness	40	(9)
Prior Restraint	49	(10)
PART TWO. CONTENT-BASED REGULATION AND LOW-VALUE SPEECH
Advocacy of Illegal Conduct	59	(14)
Fighting Words, Hostile Audiences and Offensive Speech	73	(15)
Fighting Words	73	(7)
Hostile Audiences	80	(4)
Offensive Speech	84	(4)
Obscenity and Indecency	88	(37)
Obscenity	88	(13)
Child Pornography	101	(3)
Indecent Speech	104	(17)
First Amendment ``Due Process''	121	(4)
Defamation, Privacy and Mental Distress	125	(24)
Constitutionalizing Libel Law	125	(5)
Public Figures and Public Issues	130	(2)
Public Figures and Private Figures	132	(5)
Public Speech and Private Speech	137	(4)
Privacy	141	(4)
Intentional Infliction of Mental Distress	145	(4)
Commercial Speech	149	(41)
Commercial Speech in the Chrestensen Era: a Categorical Approach	149	(1)
The Problem of Defining Commercial Speech	150	(2)
The Categorical Approach Under Attack	152	(2)
Virginia Pharmacy and New Protection for Commercial Speech	154	(2)
Commercial Speech Differentiated From Other Forms of Protected Speech	156	(5)
Rationale for Differentiation	157	(1)
Unprotected Commercial Speech	158	(2)
Prior Restraints and Overbreadth	160	(1)
The Central Hudson Test: Special or Diminished Protection for Commercial Speech?	161	(4)
The Fox and the Central Hudson Test Revised	165	(5)
Lawyer Advertising	170	(11)
Routine Services	170	(2)
In-Person Solicitation	172	(3)
Solicitation Through Print Advertising and Targeted Mailings	175	(5)
Statements of Certification and Specialization	180	(1)
Truthful Advertising About Lawful but Harmful Activity	181	(9)
New Categories?	190	(15)
Racist Speech	190	(9)
Pornography and Feminism	199	(6)
PART THREE. GENERAL APPROACHES
The Public Forum	205	(25)
Fashioning the Concept?	205	(6)
The Nonpublic Forum	211	(12)
Private Property	223	(7)
Expressive Conduct	230	(22)
Standards for Expressive Conduct	231	(8)
The Definitional Problem	231	(2)
The O'Brien Test	233	(6)
Flag Burning	239	(6)
Nude Dancing	245	(7)
Freedom of Association and Belief	252	(26)
Regulation of Group Membership	255	(2)
Government Employment and Benefits	257	(4)
Registration and Disclosure	261	(5)
Compelled Association	266	(12)
The Electoral Process	278	(37)
Political Speech During the Campaign	279	(2)
Electoral Spending	281	(21)
Buckley v. Valeo	281	(9)
The Progeny of Buckley v. Valeo	290	(2)
Corporate Spending	292	(10)
Access to the Ballot	302	(7)
Regulating Political Parties	309	(6)
Government Sponsored Environments	315	(52)
Students Speech	318	(10)
Government Employment	328	(20)
Criticizing the Government	330	(9)
Political Activity	339	(3)
Political Patronage	342	(6)
Subsidized Speech: Sponsorship or Censorship?	348	(17)
Summary	365	(2)
Freedom of the Press	367	(56)
The Press Clause---``Or of the Press''	367	(4)
Journalist's Privilege	371	(16)
Protecting Confidentiality	371	(11)
Burning the Source	382	(5)
Gagging the Press	387	(5)
Introduction	387	(2)
The Nebraska Press Case	389	(3)
Silencing the Bar and Other Trial Participants	392	(5)
Access to the Courtroom	397	(12)
Trial Proceedings	398	(4)
Pretrial Proceedings	402	(5)
Summary	407	(2)
Access to the Media	409	(14)
Access to the Electronic Media	409	(14)
PART FOUR. FREEDOM OF RELIGION
Text, History and Theory of the Religion Clauses	423	(13)
The Antiestablishment Clause	436	(56)
Government Financial Aid to Religious Institutions	442	(10)
Religion in the Schools	452	(19)
Released Time and Equal Access	452	(9)
Religious Exercise in the Schools	461	(7)
Religion and Curriculum Control	468	(3)
Government Acknowledgement of Religion	471	(7)
Related Establishment Clause Problems	478	(11)
Taxation and Tax Exemptions	478	(3)
Sabbath Day Observance Laws	481	(4)
Establishment Clause Miscellany	485	(4)
The Establishment Clause Today	489	(3)
The Free Exercise Clause	492	(43)
Belief/opinion or Conduct	495	(2)
Direct or Indirect Burdens	497	(3)
The Reign of Compelling Interest Analysis	500	(10)
The Repudiation of Judicial Exemptions	510	(25)
Religion in Government-Sponsored Environments	511	(4)
The Burdens That Count	515	(7)
Formal Neutrality Triumphant	522	(13)
Index	535