Rediscovering a Lost Freedom: The First Amendment Right to Censor Unwanted Speech

ISBN-13: 9781412808606 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 176 str.

Patrick Garry

Opis

Since ratifi cation of the First Amendment in the late eighteenth century, there has been a sea of change in American life. When the amendment was ratifi ed, individuals were almost completely free of unwanted speech; but today they are besieged by it. Indeed, the First Amendment has, for all practical purposes, been commandeered by the media to justify intrusions of off ensive speech into private life.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1 The Outdated Arguments Used to Defend Modern Media Speech, 2 The First Amendment Right of Control, 3 The Constitutional Parameters of a Private Right to Censor, 4 Judicial Support for a Private Right to Censor, 5 Implementing a Private Right to Censor, 6 Political Speech and the First Amendment, 7 Defining Speech in an Entertainment Age: The Video Game Example, Conclusion: The First Amendment in a Media-Saturated Society, Index

O autorze

Patrick Garry