Finding Jefferson
Subtitle: a lost letter, a remarkable discovery, and the First Amendment in an age of terrorism
By: Alan Dershowitz.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780470182574
Subjects: Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826; United States; Freedom of speech -- United States; Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention
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Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-233) and index.
Table of contents: title: My passion for collecting; title: My passions for freedom of speech, criminal law, and Thomas Jefferson; title: Finding the Jefferson letter; title: The provenance of the Jefferson-Broadman letter; title: Where we have come since 1826; title: Jefferson's first argument : an expressed opinion can never constitute an overt act; title: Jefferson's second argument : if conscience is the umpire then each judge's conscience will govern; title: Jefferson's third argument : we have nothing to fear from the demoralizing reasonings of some, if others are left free to demonstrate their errors; title: Jefferson's fourth argument : the law stands ready to punish the first criminal act produced by the false reasoning?; title: Jefferson's fifth argument : "these are safer correctives than the conscience of a judge"; title: Jefferson's views on the terrorism of his era; title: Jefferson's actions in the Burr case; title: Jefferson's views on torture, habeus corpus, and other issues currently debated in the context of terrorism; title: How would Jefferson strike the balance between freedom of speech and prevention of terrorism?; title: My view, as influenced by Jefferson and the experiences of our time.