Fear and the First Amendment: Controversial Cases of the Roberts Court

by Craig R. Smith and Kevin A. Johnson

Book Overview

A highly original account of the role that fear plays in key First Amendment cases ruled on by the Roberts Supreme Court

In Fear and the First Amendment, Kevin A. Johnson and Craig R. Smith offer a deeply considered examination of the ways fear figures in First Amendment questions ruled on by the contemporary Supreme Court. Bringing together literature on theories of fear in rhetorical and philosophical traditions, Johnson and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817361456
• ISBN13: 9780817361457
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 256 Pages