San Antonio College Library

For years now, Nat Hentoff has been the best-known lay guardian of the magnificent spirit and letter of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. His principled advocacy of free expression for all seems to be needed more than ever today, at a time of appalling assaults on expression not only by traditional opponents on the political right - those offended by what they consider obscene or radical or otherwise taboo - but also from...

"Should we tolerate speech designed to spread intolerance? As we grope for a response, we find our constitutional and moral imperatives for tolerance and equality in conflict with the equally imperative value of free speech. This is but one of the many such pressing issues dealt with in this timely, important book. Exploring the question 'What should freedom of speech mean in a democracy?, ' Rodney Smolla argues that it is a value of overarching significance....

From the Publisher: Voltaire's comment-"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"--Is frequently quoted by defenders of free speech. Yet it is rare to find someone prepared to defend all freedom of speech, especially if the views expressed are obnoxious or obviously false. So where do we draw the line? How important is our right to freedom of speech? In this accessible and up-to-date Very Short Introduction,...

"This is an excellent study. Those of us born around the turn of the century will welcome the thoroughness of Professor Murphy's research into the familiar world of the Wobblies, the American Legion, and the American Civil Liberties Union ... discusses with great clarity the use of First Amendment rights in the struggle of labor to arrive at long overdue goals ... and the slow but formidable role of the Supreme Court in the realization of these goals."--Review,...

The right to free speech is invoked to protect an astonishing range of activities, a range that seems to expand every day. Newspapers publish the names of rape victims, flags are burned, pornography flourishes, and all of these controversial actions are protected under the constitutional right of free speech. The Supreme Court increasingly decides disputes by invoking the First Amendment. Civil libertarians, former antiwar protesters, and tobacco...

" ... The extensive and diverse history of free speech between 1870 and 1920 ..."--Introduction.

Describes court cases that have involved the balance between freedom of speech in schools and the need for discipline, discussing such issues as political protests, book banning, prayer, and freedom of speech for teachers.

A collection of primary sources on freedom of expression.

"Conventional legal and political scholarship places liberalism, which promotes and defends individual legal rights, in direct opposition to communitarianism, which focuses on the greater good of the social group. According to this mode of thought, liberals value legal rights for precisely the same reason that communitarians seek to limit their scope: they privilege the individual over the community. However, could it be that liberalism is not antithetical...