Human Liberty and Freedom of Speech

by C. Edwin Baker

Book Overview

Although an inchoate liberty theory of freedom of speech has deep roots in Supreme Court decisions and political history, it has been overshadowed in judicial decisions and scholarly commentary by the marketplace of ideas theory. In this book, Baker critiques the assumptions required by the marketplace of ideas theory and develops the liberty theory, showing its philosophical soundness, persuasiveness, and ability to protect free speech. He argues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195057775
• ISBN13: 9780195057775
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 0.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"