The boundaries of freedom of expression & order in American democracy / edited by Thomas R. Hensley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hensley, Thomas R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of speech--United States.

Freedom of speech.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 388 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2001]

Summary:

Examines the intersection of journalism, business, and politics This book is the product of the first Kent State University Symposium on Democracy, which explored the limits of freedom of expression in American society. The contributions to this book represent an impressive range of analyses and commentary by leading First Amendment scholars.

Contents:

Freedom of expression in the United States: past present / Kathleen Sullivan

The sorrow and the pity: Kent state, political dissent, and the misguided worship of the first amendment / Gerald N. Rosenberg. Responses: the sorrow and pity from May 4, 1970 / Eric D. Miller ; The sorrow and the pity / Robert M. O'Neil ; Hope and despair: first amendment doctrine, human nature, and the protection of political dissent / Gerald N. Rosenberg

Deliberation down and dirty: must political expression be civil? / David M. Estlund. Responses: Whose power? Which rationality? / Michael Byron ; Civility of justice? / Ladelle McWhorter ; Deliberation and wide civility / David M. Estlund

Violent suppression of freedom: narratives of social order and disorder in contemporary U.S. media / J. David Slocum. Responses: It's showtime / Timothy D. Smith ; Do narratives of violence come with a price? / Juliet Dee ; In the ivory tower and beyond: expanding public discourse about cyberspace / J. David Slocum

A right to kill bears or bear quills? A critical commentary and on the linkage of the first and second amendments in recent constitutional theory / Saul Cornell. Responses: the right of bear (and the regulation of) arms and quills / Paul M. Haridakis ; Pulling the trigger: contextualizing the second amendment / David E. Dyvig ; Words don't kill people, guns do / Saul Cornell

Hate speech, viewpoint neutrality, and the American concept of democracy / James Weinstein. Responses: democratic morality needs first amendment morality / Norman Fischer ; Equality and expression / Jonathan L. Entin ; Some further thoughts on hate speech and democracy / James Weinstein

Challenging boundaries for a boundless medium: information access, libraries, and freedom of expression in a democratic society / Susan B. Kretchmer and Rod Carveth. Responses: Fog at the boarder / Don A. Wicks ; Indistinct boundaries of the first amendment / Susan Newhart Elliott ; Meeting the challenge / Susan B. Kretchmer and Ros Carveth

Free speech on campus: academic freedom and the corporation / Ellen W. Schrecker. Responses: what about the first amendment? / Florence W. Dore ; Academic freedom and the academic enterprise / Mark A. Graber ; Siblings not twins: academic freedom and free expression / Ellen Schrecker

Student academic freedom: an oxymoron? / Katheryn Katz. Responses: Oxymoron on the commons / Donald M. Hassler ; Until the justices hold court in my classroom: an interdisciplinary approach to student academic freedom / Nancy C. Cornwell ; Student academic freedom redux / Katheryn Katz

Unspoken danger: the curtailment of free expression and the endangerment of youth / Daniel Perlstein. Responses: competing and compelling interests / Mary Anne Higgins ; The work of the school / Leslie Friedman Goldstein ; Discipline and democracy / Daniel Perlstein

Freedom of expression in the United States: the future / Cass R. Sunstein

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-369) and index.

ISBN:

0873386922

OCLC:

44713165