Liberty and Authority in Free Expression Law : The United States and Canada

by Gower, Karla K.

• ISBN13: 9781931202343
• ISBN10: 1931202346
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Lfb Scholarly Pub Llc

Author Biography

Karla K. Gower is an assistant professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations at the University of Alabama. She earned her Ph.D. in 1999 from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her current research interests focus on the history of public relations and legal issues affecting the practice of public relations

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Review of the Literature	p. 5
Organizing Principles	p. 6
Protection of Individual Rights	p. 11
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Politicization of Rights	p. 14
Comparisons of Freedom of Expression Law	p. 21
Theories of Freedom of Expression in a Democracy	p. 23
The Progressive Era: 1900-1920	p. 27
The Last Half of the Nineteenth Century	p. 28
The Progressive Era	p. 34
Political Speech Cases	p. 46
Summary of Findings and Conclusion	p. 56
Disillusionment with Democracy: 1921-1945	p. 59
Political Thought from 1921 to the Great Depression	p. 60
Political Thought from the Great Depression to 1945	p. 70
Political Speech Cases	p. 77
American Political Speech Cases	p. 79
Canadian Political Speech Cases	p. 85
Summary of Findings and Conclusion	p. 87
The Consensus Years: 1946-1962	p. 91
Political Thought from 1946 to 1962	p. 91
Political Speech Cases	p. 105
American Political Speech Cases	p. 106
Canadian Political Speech Cases	p. 120
Summary of Findings and Conclusion	p. 129
Change versus Continuity: 1963-1974	p. 133
Political Thought from 1963-1974	p. 133
Political Speech Cases	p. 142
American Political Speech Cases	p. 143
Canadian Political Speech Cases	p. 154
Summary of Findings and Conclusion	p. 157
How do we want to live?: 1975-1999	p. 161
Political Thought from 1975-1999	p. 162
Political Speech Cases	p. 178
American Political Speech Cases	p. 178
Canadian Political Speech Cases	p. 191
Summary of Findings and Conclusion	p. 207
Conclusion	p. 209
Major Trends in Political Thought in the United States and Canada	p. 209
The Correlation Between Political Thought and Freedom of Expression Law	p. 213
The Resolution of the Tension Between Liberty and Authority	p. 221
Endnotes	p. 223
Bibliography	p. 275
Index	p. 287
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