Brandeis Series in Law and Society
The Boundaries and the Boundlessness of Our First Amendment Right
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Brandeis Series in Law and Society
The Boundaries and the Boundlessness of Our First Amendment Right
About This Book
This book makes first amendment issues immediate and contemporary.
When Freedom Speaks chronicles the stories behind our First Amendment right to speak our minds. Lynn Levine Greenky's background as a lawyer, rhetorician, and teacher gives her a unique perspective on the protection we have from laws that abridge our right to the freedom of speech. Rhetoricians focus on language and how it influences perception and moves people to action. Powerfully employing that rhetorical approach, this book explores concepts related to free speech as moral narratives that proscribe the boundaries of our constitutionally protected right. Using the characters and drama embedded in legal cases that elucidate First Amendment principles, When Freedom Speaks makes the concepts easier to understand and clearly applicable to our lives. With a wide range of examples and accessible language, this book is the perfect overview of the First Amendment.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 : A History Lesson
- 2 : Foundations and Building Blocks
- 3 : The Road to the Supreme Court
- 4 : Symbolically Speaking
- 5 : The Troubling Sound of Silence
- 6 : Politically Speaking
- 7 : Warning! Dangerous Speech Ahead
- 8 : Advocacy vs. Incitement?
- 9 : Sticks and Stones and Words That Harm
- 10 : What the #@*%! School Speech, Campus Codes, and Cancel Culture
- 11 : Public Spaces
- 12 : The Message and the Medium
- 13 : When Speech Offends
- 14 : The Language of Money
- 15 : When Speech and Faith Collide
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Table of Cases
- Glossary
- Notes
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Index