Freedom of Speech in the United States

by Tedford, Thomas L.; Herbeck, Dale A.

• ISBN13: 9781891136047
• ISBN10: 1891136046
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Strata Pub Co

Summary

This work covers the development of freedom of speech from Athens, through Rome, to England and the United States. It contains an up-to-date treatment of defamation and privacy, obscenity, commercial speech, prior retraint, free press/fair trial, copyright and broadcasting, and media access.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
PART I Historical Development	1	(42)
Freedom of Speech: The English Heritage	3	(14)
Freedom of Speech in America to World War I	17	(26)
PART II Controls upon the Content of Speech	43	(168)
Political Heresey: Sedition in the United States since 1917	45	(32)
Defamation and Invasion of Privacy	77	(40)
Religion-Moral Heresy: From Blasphemy to Obscenity	117	(46)
Provocation to Anger and Words That Wound	163	(24)
Commercial Speech	187	(24)
PART III Special Issues	211	(120)
Prior Restraint	213	(22)
Special Problems of a Free Press	235	(20)
Constraints of Time, Place, and Manner	255	(42)
Institutional Constraints: Freedom of Speech in the Schools, the Military, and Prisons	297	(34)
PART IV Technology and Freedom of Speech	331	(82)
Copyright	333	(22)
Broadcasting, Cable, and Access Theory	355	(30)
The Internet	385	(28)
PART V Conclusion	413	(42)
Approaches to Free and Responsible Communication	415	(40)
APPENDICES
Appendix I The Federal Court System of the United States	441	(4)
Appendix II Judicial Decision Making: The Two-Level Theory for Testing Freedom of Speech	445	(6)
Appendix III Glossary of Terms	451	(4)
Table of Cases	455	(4)
Index	459