Speech Acts and the First Amendment

by Franklyn S. Haiman

What can a democratic society reasonably do about the perplexing problems of racial intolerance, sexual harassment, incitements to violence, and invasions of privacy? Is it possible to preserve the constitutional ideal of free expression while protecting the community from those who would trample on the rights of others?

Franklyn S. Haiman critically examines the reasoning behind recent efforts to prohibit certain forms of speech and explores...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809318822
• ISBN13: 9780809318827
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 11 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary