Understanding the First Amendment
By: Russell L. Weaver, Donald E. Lively.
Contributors: Lively, Donald E., 1947-
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: LexisNexis; Brand: LEXISNEXIS; LEXISNEXIS
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Newark, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781422470183
Subjects: United States; Freedom of speech -- United States; Freedom of the press -- United States; Freedom of religion -- United States
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The origins and nature of the First Amendment; title: Speech advocating violent or illegal action; title: Content regulation; title: Content regulation : other candidates for categorical exclusion or limited protection; title: Overbreadth, vagueness & prior restraints; title: Content neutrality; title: Testing the boundaries of doctrine; title: Freedom of association and compelled expression; title: The government as employer, educator, and source of funds; title: Rights of the press; title: Media technology and the First Amendment; title: The establishment clause; title: The free exercise clause.