Speak no evil
Subtitle: the triumph of hate speech regulation
By: Jon B. Gould.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Hate speech -- United States -- History; Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States; Freedom of speech -- United States
Description: Jon B. Gould debates the purpose and the effects of college speech codes in the U.S., arguing that very few have arisen from a genuine commitment to principle and that the general rush to be part of the 'in crowd' has influenced other bodies and mass opinion in terms of common understandings of constitutional norms.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: Background and chronology; title: Theoretical implications; title: The rise of hate speech codes; title: The courts act; title: While they slept; title: The triumph of hate speech regulation.