Rediscovering a Lost Freedom: The First Amendment Right to Censor Unwanted Speech

by Patrick Garry

Book Overview

Since ratification of the First Amendment in the late eighteenth century, there has been a sea change in American life. When the amendment was ratified, individuals were almost completely free of unwanted speech; but today they are besieged by it. Indeed, the First Amendment has, for all practical purposes, been commandeered by the media to justify intrusions of offensive speech into private life.

In its application, the First Amendment has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141280860X
• ISBN13: 9781412808606
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"