Understanding the first amendment /

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Main Author: Weaver, Russell L., 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, 2017
Edition:Sixth edition
Series:Understanding series (New York, N.Y.)
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Table of Contents:
  • The origins and nature of the first amendment
  • Speech advocating violent or illegal action
  • Content regulation
  • Content regulation: other candidates for categorical exclusion or limited protection
  • Overbreadth, vagueness, and prior restraints
  • Content neutrality
  • Testing the boundaries of doctrine
  • Freedom of association and compelled expression
  • The government as employer, educator, and source of funds
  • Media and the first amendment
  • The establishment clause
  • The free exercise clause