Hate speech, pornography, and the radical attack on free speech doctrine / James Weinstein.
"Does American free speech doctrine discriminate against women and minorities? In Hate Speech, Pornography, and the Radical Attack on Free Speech Doctrine, James Weinstein carefully examines the charge that in interpreting the First Amendment as protecting hate speech and pornography while allo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boulder, Colo. :
Westview Press,
1999.
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| Summary: | "Does American free speech doctrine discriminate against women and minorities? In Hate Speech, Pornography, and the Radical Attack on Free Speech Doctrine, James Weinstein carefully examines the charge that in interpreting the First Amendment as protecting hate speech and pornography while allowing myriad other exceptions to free speech, American courts have privileged the Interests of the rich and powerful over the interests of women and people of color. The author concludes that while free speech doctrine is not in any deep sense as natural as some of its apologists believe, the claim that free speech decisions and principles systematically discriminate against women and minorities does not withstand scrutiny. He shows that this claim of discrimination is based upon a profound but widely shared misunderstanding of the actual workings of free speech doctrine."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 282 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813327083 9780813327082 0813327091 9780813327099 9781429491303 1429491302 0429500041 9780429500046 |