Nuanced absolutism
Subtitle: Floyd Abrams & the First Amendment
By: Ronald K.L. Collins
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781611632460
Subjects: Lawyers; Freedom of speech; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: A sketch for a portrait; title: The landmark case; title: Mr. Abrams's nuanced absolutism; title: "Law as language"; title: A lawyer's challenge; title: Realism, absolutism & other ways of thinking; title: Taking offense; title: Congress shall make no law; title: The "generous sweep" of freedom; title: The scorn of secrecy; title: The First Amendment & American democracy; title: A life journey.