Dissent, Injustice, and the Meanings of America.

Dissent, Injustice, and the Meanings of America.

Americans should not just tolerate dissent. They should encourage it. In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Steven Shiffrin makes this case by arguing that dissent should be promoted because it lies at the heart of a core American value: free speech. He contends, however, that the country'...

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Main Author: Shiffrin, Steven H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Freedom of speech > United States.
Hate speech > United States.
Racism in language.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
Freedom of speech
Hate speech
Racism in language
United States
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Summary:Americans should not just tolerate dissent. They should encourage it. In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Steven Shiffrin makes this case by arguing that dissent should be promoted because it lies at the heart of a core American value: free speech. He contends, however, that the country's major institutions--including the Supreme Court and the mass media--wrongly limit dissent. And he reflects on how society and the law should change to encourage nonconformity. Shiffrin is one of the country's leading first-amendment theorists. He advances his dissent-based theory of free speech with car.
Physical Description:1 online resource (219 pages)
ISBN:9781400822966
1400822963
1282753673
9781282753679
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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