License to Harass: Law, Hierarchy, and Offensive Public Speech
Author:   Laura Beth Nielsen
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
ISBN:  

9780691119854


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   19 September 2004
Replaced By:   9781400826292
Format:   Hardback
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License to Harass: Law, Hierarchy, and Offensive Public Speech


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Offensive street speech - racist and sexist remarks that can make its targets feel both psychologically and physically threatened - is surprisingly common in our society. Many argue that this speech is so detestable that it should be banned under law. But is this an area covered by the First Amendment right to free speech? Or should it be banned? I

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Author:   Laura Beth Nielsen
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.482kg
ISBN:  

9780691119854


ISBN 10:   0691119856
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   19 September 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9781400826292
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Language:   English

Table of Contents

List of Tables ix Acknowledgments xi CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1 CHAPTER TWO Law and Power in Sidewalk Encounters: Conflicting Perspectives on Offensive Public Speech 17 CHAPTER THREE Experiencing Offensive Public Speech: The Detailed Calculus for Being in Public 39 CHAPTER FOUR Offensive Public Speech as a Personal Problem, Social Problem, and Subject for Legal Intervention 68 CHAPTER FIVE Ordinary Citizens' Views of the Legal Regulation of Street Speech 98 CHAPTER SIX Power in Public: Reactions, Responses, and Resistance to Offensive Public Speech 133 CHAPTER SEVEN License to Harass 167 APPENDIX A Research Design 181 APPENDIX B Questionnaire 198 Notes 207 Cases Cited 211 References 213 Index 219

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The author has written a compelling text that not only highlights the problem of offensive public speech experienced daily by ordinary citizens but broadens our understanding of this noxious issue. -- Susan Fineran American Journal of Sociology


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Laura Beth Nielsen is currently Research Fellow at the American Bar Foundation and will be Assistant Professor of Sociology and Law at Northwestern University beginning in the fall of 2006. She is the editor, with Robert L. Nelson, of ""Handbook of Employment Discrimination Research: Rights and Realities"".

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