Human Liberty And Freedom of Speech - Couverture rigide

Baker, C. Edwin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195057775 ISBN 13 : 9780195057775

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1989

Synopsis

Although an inchoate liberty theory of freedom of speech has deep roots in Supreme Court decisions and political history, it has been overshadowed in judicial decisions and scholarly commentary by the marketplace of ideas theory. In this book, Baker critiques the assumptions required by the marketplace of ideas theory and develops the liberty theory, showing its philosophical soundness, persuasiveness, and ability to protect free speech. He argues that First Amendment liberty rights (as well as Fourteenth Amendment equality rights) required by political or moral theory are central to the possibility of progressive change. Problem areas are examined, including the question of whether individual political and civil rights can in principle be distinguished from property rights, freedom of the press, and the use of public spaces for expressive purposes.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a paperback reprint of an OUP/USA hardcover published in September 1989. To date the predominant rationale for freedom of speech has been the "marketplace of ideas" theory, which holds that the truth will be discovered only through debate free from government interference. In Human Liberty and Freedom of Speech, Baker critiques the assumptions underlying the various versions of this theory and develops a liberty theory which, he argues, has deep roots in Supreme Court decisions and our political history. Baker contends that a liberty theory is more philosophically sound, more interpretatively persuasive and more protective of speech than the judically and intellectual dominant market place of ideas theory.

Revue de presse

raises the constitutional theory of free speech to a new level of interdisciplinary sophistication and depth (David Richards, University of Pennsylvania Law Review)

On every problem he discusses, Baker illuminates facets previously undisclosed ... This book [provides] an endless array of first amendment topics, presented with greater clarity than one expects in an academic work. (John Stick, Constitutional Quarterly)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195057775
• ISBN 13: 9780195057775
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Messaggerie Libri; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8; Assago Milano; Italie