Judging Free Speech: First Amendment Jurisprudence of US Supreme Court Justices

by H. Knowles, S. Lichtman

Overview

Judging Free Speech contains nine original essays by political scientists and law professors, each providing a comprehensive, yet concise and accessible overview of the free speech jurisprudence of a United States Supreme Court Justice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137434913
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	10/04/2015
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Keith J. Bybee, Syracuse University, USA Douglas E. Edlin, Dickinson College, USA James C. Foster, Oregon State University, USA Frederick P. Lewis, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA Kevin J. McMahon, Trinity College - Connecticut, USA Samuel R. Olken, The John Marshall Law School, USA Michael Paris, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, USA Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School, USA

Table of Contents

Introduction: Oh What A Tangled Web We Weave (Helen J. Knowles And Steven B. Lichtman) 1. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. And The 'Marketplace Of Ideas': Experience Proves To Be The 'Life Of The Law' (Frederick Lewis) 2. George Sutherland And The Business Of Expression (Samuel R. Olken) 3. Absolutism And Democracy: Hugo L. Black's Free Speech Jurisprudence (Michael Paris And Kevin J. Mcmahon) 4. 'Another's Lyric': John Marshall Harlan II, Judicial Conservatism, And Free Speech (Douglas E. Edlin) 5. Justice Civility: William J. Brennan Jr.'S Free Speech Jurisprudence (James C. Foster) 6. Potter Stewart Meets The Press (Keith J. Bybee) 7. Anthony M. Kennedy: 'Speech Is The Beginning Of Thought' (Helen J. Knowles) 8. Black Like Me: The Free Speech Jurisprudence Of Clarence Thomas (Steven B. Lichtman) 9. Stephen Breyer And The First Amendment As Legal Doctrine (Mark Tushnet) Conclusion: It's Complicated . . . (Helen J. Knowles And Steven B. Lichtman)

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"It's a rare offering about the First Amendment that scholars in political science and law and most importantly their students, are likely to savor but this one fits that bill with ease. By focusing separately on the First Amendment opinions of nine Supreme Court Justices, ranging from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. to Justices Kennedy, Thomas and Breyer on the current Court, the authors offer the widest and most captivating articulations of views about what speech is protected and what is not." - Floyd Abrams, author of Friend of the Court (2014)

"An insightful set of essays examining the free speech jurisprudence of nine Supreme Court justices with diverse intellectual backgrounds, perspectives, and methodological outlooks. The book illuminates the complexity of the subject as well as its importance for our democratic institutions." - H. L. Pohlman, Professor of Political Science, Dickinson College, USA

"A fascinating, thoughtful, and important guided tour of the leading freespeech minds of the American judiciary conducted by the leading free speech minds of the American legal and political science academy." - Mark Graber, Jacob A. France Professor of Constitutionalism, University of Maryland School of Law, USA

Editorial Reviews

"It's a rare offering about the First Amendment that scholars in political science and law and most importantly their students, are likely to savor but this one fits that bill with ease. By focusing separately on the First Amendment opinions of nine Supreme Court Justices, ranging from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. to Justices Kennedy, Thomas and Breyer on the current Court, the authors offer the widest and most captivating articulations of views about what speech is protected and what is not." - Floyd Abrams, author of Friend of the Court (2014)

"An insightful set of essays examining the free speech jurisprudence of nine Supreme Court justices with diverse intellectual backgrounds, perspectives, and methodological outlooks. The book illuminates the complexity of the subject as well as its importance for our democratic institutions." - H. L. Pohlman, Professor of Political Science, Dickinson College, USA

"A fascinating, thoughtful, and important guided tour of the leading free speech minds of the American judiciary conducted by the leading free speech minds of the American legal and political science academy." - Mark Graber, Jacob A. France Professor of Constitutionalism, University of Maryland School of Law, USA

From the Publisher