Free Speech Beyond Words: The Surprising Reach of the First Amendment

by Alan K. Chen, Joseph Blocher, Mark V. Tushnet

Book Overview

A look at First Amendment coverage of music, non-representational art, and nonsense

The Supreme Court has unanimously held that Jackson Pollock's paintings, Arnold Sch enberg's music, and Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" are "unquestionably shielded" by the First Amendment. Nonrepresentational art, instrumental music, and nonsense: all receive constitutional coverage under an amendment protecting "the freedom of speech,"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479880280
• ISBN13: 9781479880287
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.7"