The Freedom not to speak
By: Haig Bosmajian.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Freedom of speech -- United States -- History; Silence (Law) -- United States -- History; Confession (Law) -- United States -- History; Self-incrimination -- United States -- History
Description: Haig Bosmajian traces the history of the freedom not to speak from the Middle Ages and Inquisition to the Salem witchcraft trials and on to the twentieth century and the House Committee on Un-American Activities. His history addresses the eighteenth-century Revolutionary War and demands for expressions of loyalty, the Civil War and Reconstruction loyalty oaths, and the expulsion of Jehovah's Witnesses from schools for refusing to salute the flag.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-231) and index.