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First Things First
A Modern Coursebook on Free Speech Fundamentals
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eBook - ePub
First Things First
A Modern Coursebook on Free Speech Fundamentals
About this book
First Things First is a college coursebook like no other. Written by three First Amendment experts and professors, the book provides students with the fundamentals of modern American free speech law in a clear, concise, and accessible manner.
First Things First also introduces readers to First Amendment issues related to topics such as student speech, freedom of the press, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, advertising, music censorship, and artificial intelligence. The text includes helpful study-aid summaries and questions.
First Things First's vibrant and engaging tone ensures readers will leave this book with a dynamic understanding of their rights and the value of free speech.
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Table of contents
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- A Note to Our Readers
- Prologue: We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free
- 1. Looking Back & Looking Forward
- 2. Forty-Five Words and How to Understand Them
- 3. First Amendment Tool Kit
- 4. Equality & Free Speech: Civil Rights & Gay Rights
- 5. Hate Speech: Is It Protected?
- 6. Sexual Expression & Moralism
- 7. Fighting Faiths: Free Speech in Perilous Times
- 8. Hostile Expression: Fighting Words & True Threats
- 9. Words That Wound: Lies, Defamation, and Invasion of Privacy
- 10. We Live by Symbols: Speaking Without Words
- 11. Student Speech & the First Amendment
- 12. Commerce & Communication
- 13. Free Speech Incorporated: When Money Speaks
- 14. Public Employees & Free Speech
- 15. Press Freedoms in the Modern World
- 16. Music Censorship: From Rock ’n’ Roll to Rap
- Epilogue: Where Do We Go From Here?
- About the Authors
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