Reflections on Freedom of Speech and the First AmendmentUniversity Press of Kentucky, 16. feb. 2007 - 336 sider The guarantee of free speech enshrined in the U.S. Bill of Rights draws upon two millennia of Western thought about the value and necessity of free inquiry. Acclaimed legal scholar George Anastaplo traces the philosophical development of the idea of free inquiry from Plato's Apology to Socrates to John Milton's Areopagitica. He describes how these seminal texts and others by such diverse thinkers as St. Paul, Thomas More, and John Stuart Mill influenced the formation and the earliest applications of the First Amendment. Anastaplo also focuses on the critical free speech implications of a dozen Supreme Court cases and shows how First Amendment interpretations have evolved in response to modern events. Reflections on Freedom of Speech and the First Amendment grounds its vision of America's most basic freedoms in the intellectual traditions of Western political philosophy, providing crucial insight into the legal challenges of the future through the lens of the past. |
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... matters as the existence of “ the requisite danger . " But , at least , evidence would have to be systematically offered to the jury on the issue rather than having everyone involved obliged to con- sider the critical matter at issue to ...
... matter that a man rather studieth what to say then howe , By reson whereof the wisest man and the best spoken in a whole country fortuneth among , while his mynd is fervent in the matter , somewhat to speake in such wise as he wold ...
... matter is worth pursuing . And if it is worth further consideration , I trust enough is there for a lawyer to work with and from . In any event , I believe that what is gathered here may be of some use even if nothing further is done ...
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The Ministry of St Paul | 9 |
John Miltons Areopagitica 1644 | 20 |
The Declaration of Independence 1776 the Northwest Ordinance | 36 |
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