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Legislative deliberative democracy : debating acts restricting freedom of speech during war / Avichai Levit.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levit, Avichai, author.
- Series:
- Routledge innovations in political theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Constitution--1st Amendment.
- United States.
- Legitimacy of governments.
- Deliberative democracy.
- United States. Congress--History.
- United States. Congress.
- History.
- Freedom of speech--United States.
- Freedom of speech.
- Freedom of the press--United States.
- Freedom of the press.
- War and emergency powers--United States.
- War and emergency powers.
- Deliberative democracy--United States.
- Legitimacy of governments--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 243 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Avichai Levit is a civil service professional and former diplomat. He is currently Deputy Department Director for Audit of the Ministry of Defense at Israel's State Comptroller's Office, directing oversight activities of the national security sector. He is a visiting lecturer at Tel Aviv University's School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs.
- Contents:
- The democratic legitimacy of laws restricting freedom of speech during war
- The Espionage Act and the Sedition Act : enactment, enforcement and judgment
- Congressional deliberation on the Espionage and Sedition Acts
- Antifascism, anticommunism, the demand to prohibit subversive expression, and legislation, enforcement and judgment on the Smith Act
- Congressional deliberation on the Smith Act
- The second red scare, anticommunist demands and the internal security act enactment, enforcement and adjudication
- Congressional deliberation on the McCarran Act.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 23, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Levit, Avichai. Legislative deliberative democracy
- ISBN:
- 1000220982
- 9781003100560
- 1003100562
- 9781000220964
- 1000220966
- 9781000220971
- 1000220974
- 9781000220988
- Publisher Number:
- 40030276878
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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