Human Liberty and Freedom of Speech

C. Edwin Baker (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

1993
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-507902-9 (ISBN)

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The author develops a liberty theory of freedom of speech, which is then contrasted with the currently dominant "marketplace of ideas" theory. The text re-examines the entire American school of thought on the meaning of the First Amendment.

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.

I. THEORY
Introduction
1: The Classic Marketplace of Ideas Theory
2: Possible Modifications
3: The Liberty Theory
4: Protection of Action
5: The Process of Change
II. APPLICATIONS
6: Time, Place, and Manner Regulations: Unreasoned Reasonableness
7: Mandatory Parade Permits
8: Absolute Protection: Tentative Principles
9: Commercial Speech: A Problem in the Theory of Freedom
10: Press Rights
11: Private Economic Threats to Press Freedom
Conclusion: The First Amendment and Constitutional Interpretation
Notes
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.1.1993
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	234 x 156 mm
Gewicht	553 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	0-19-507902-7 / 0195079027
ISBN-13	978-0-19-507902-9 / 9780195079029
Zustand	Neuware