Curtis / Devins / Graber Free Speech, The People's Darling Privilege

Struggles for Freedom of Expression in American History
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8106-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 533 Seiten

Reihe: Constitutional Conflicts

Considers key struggles for free speech in early U.S. history, most of which were settled outside the judicial arena by legislatures following public opinion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Curtis, Michael Kent

Devins, Neal

Graber, Mark A.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The English and Colonial Background 2 The Debate over the Sedition Act of 1798 3 Sedition in the Courts: Enforcement and Its Aftermath 4 Sedition: Reflections and Transitions 5 The Declaration, the Constitution, Slavery, and Abolition 6 Shall Abolitionists Be Silenced? 7 Congress Confronts the Abolitionists: The Post Office and Petitions 8 The Demand for Northern Legal Action Against Abolitionists 9 Legal Theories of Suppression and the Defense of Free Speech 10 Elijah Lovejoy:Mobs, Free Speech, and the Privileges of American Citizens 11 After Lovejoy: Transformations 12 The Free Speech Battle over Helper’s Impending Crisis 13 DanielWorth: The Struggle for Free Speech in NorthCarolina on the Eve of the Civil War 14 The Struggle for Free Speech in the Civil War:Lincoln and Vallandigham 15 The Free Speech Tradition Confronts the War Power 16 A New Birth of Freedom? The Fourteenth Amendment and the First Amendment 17 Where Are They Now? A Very Quick Review of Suppression Theories in the Twentieth Century Conclusion Notes Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Kent Curtis is Professor of Law at Wake Forest University School of Law. He is the author of No State Shall Abridge: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights, also published by Duke University Press.