The Tolerant Society: Freedom of Speech and Extremist Speech in AmericaThe First Amendment provides Americans with a far broader protection of free speech than that available in any other Western democracy, Lee Bollinger notes, and yet other democracies are not seen as significantly less open or more restrictive that the United States. Why do Americans guarantee people the right to advocate the overthrow of the government or advance racist or genocidal ideas? Why, for example, protect the right of neo-Nazis to march in predominantly Jewish Skokie, Illinois? In The Tolerant Society, Bollinger offers a masterful critique of the major theories of freedom of expression, and offers an alternative explanation. Traditional justifications for protecting extremist speech have turned largely on the inherent value of self-expression, maintaining that the About the Author: Lee C. Bollinger is Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. |
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I In today's discourse about free speech , the dominant value associated with speech is its role in getting at the truth , or the advancement of knowledge . ' Speech is the means by which people convey information and ideas , by which ...
Let her and Falsehood grapple ; who ever knew Truth put to the worse , in a free and open encounter ? " 29 Milton's statement , taken from another era and out of its context , may sound naive and unduly optimistic , but it reflects a ...
... John Stuart: on confrontation with falsehood producing a livelier sense of truth, 54-55, 96, 154, 164; on intolerance impulse arising out of process of belief, 62, 83-84; on the naturalness of abusive speech acts by advocates, 217; ...
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The tolerant society: freedom of speech and extremist speech in America
Crítica de los usuarios - Not Available - Book VerdictBollinger, in this study of the First Amendment, examines some old chest nuts, such as the social and legal implications of the freedom of speech guarantee; the fragile, frequently tense majority rule ... Leer comentario completo
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Introduction | 3 |
The Classical Model and Its Limits | 43 |
The Fortress Model and Its Limits | 76 |
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The Tolerant Society Lee C. Bollinger Dean University of Michigan Law School Vista previa limitada - 1986 |