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OverviewIf an organizing symbol makes sense in First Amendment jurisprudence, it is not the image of a content-neutral government, argues Steven Shiffrin, nor is it a town-hall meeting or even a robust marketplace of ideas. If the First Amendment is to have an organizing symbol, let it be an Emersonian symbol: let it be the image of the dissenter. Origina Full Product DetailsAuthor: Steven H. ShiffrinPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Volume: 266 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.397kg ISBN: 9780691603384ISBN 10: 0691603383 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 14 July 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviews[Surprises] are in store for readers of [this book]. The biggest one is that [Shiffrin's] First Amendment exemplars aren't such history-making United States Supreme Court justices as Oliver Wendell Holmes and William J. Brennan but Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson. --Herbert Mitgang, The New York Times [Shiffrin] masterfully makes the best case for an enduring constitutional and cultural love affair with the First Amendment. --Ronald Collins, ABA Journal [Shiffrin] masterfully makes the best case for an enduring constitutional and cultural love affair with the First Amendment. --Ronald Collins, ABA Journal [Surprises] are in store for readers of [this book]. The biggest one is that [Shiffrin's] First Amendment exemplars aren't such history-making United States Supreme Court justices as Oliver Wendell Holmes and William J. Brennan but Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson. --Herbert Mitgang, The New York Times Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |