Civil peace and the quest for truth : the First Amendment freedoms in political philosophy and American constitutionalism / Murray Dry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dry, Murray, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of religion--United States.

Freedom of religion.

Freedom of speech--United States.

Freedom of speech.

Civil rights--United States--Philosophy.

Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dry examines the U.S. Supreme Court's treatment of the First Amendment freedoms of religion and speech against the founding of the American Constitution and its philosophical underpinnings.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Religious Freedom and Freedom of Speech in the American Founding; Chapter 1 The American Founding and the Puritan Origins; Chapter 2 Religious Freedom and Freedom of Speech in the State Constitutions of the Confederation Period; Chapter 3 The Federal Constitution and the Bill of Rights; Chapter 4 The Postfounding Debate on Freedom of Speech: The Sedition Act, the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, and the Virginia Report; Part II The First Amendment Freedoms in Political Philosophy

Chapter 5 Ancient Political Philosophy: Plato, Aristotle, ThucydidesChapter 6 Seventeenth-Century Political Philosophy: Bacon, Hobbes, Milton, Locke, and Spinoza; Chapter 7 Montesquieu's Constitution of Liberty: The Spirit of the Laws; Chapter 8 John Stuart Mill's On Liberty; Part III The Supreme Court's Treatment of Freedom of Speech and Religious Freedom; Section A Freedom of Speech; Chapter 9 Seditious Libel and Fifty Years of ""Clear and Present Danger"": From Schenck to Brandenburg; Chapter 10 The Preferred Position Doctrine and the Categorical Approach to Freedom of Speech: Libel

Chapter 11 The Increased Protection for ""Fighting Words"" and Other ""Offensive Speech"": Obscenity, Pornography, and Commercial SpeechChapter 12 Money and Speech and the Public Forum (or Time, Place, and Manner) Doctrine; Section B Religious Freedom and the Constitution; Chapter 13 The Free Exercise Clause; Chapter 14 The Establishment Clause: I; Chapter 15 The Establishment Clause: II; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-20439-8

0-7391-0746-1

0-7391-5305-6

OCLC:

855969479