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Provides a contemporary approach to protecting the First Amendment by looking at the evolution of free speech thought.

Table of Contents

A History of Freedom of Speech in the United States What Makes Freedom of Speech Special? The Problem of Subversive Advocacy and the Central Meaning of Free Speech The Central Organizing Principles of Free Speech Jurisprudence The Codified First Amendment The Procedural First Amendment Afterword Bibliographic Essays Table of Cases Index

About the Author

KEITH WERHAN is the Geoffrey C. Bible & Murray H. Bring Professor of Constitutional Law at Tulane Law School. He specializes in Constitutional Law, the First Amendment, and Administrative Law, and has written widely in those areas. Professor Werhan entered the practice of law in Washington, D.C., first with a private law firm and later with the U.S. Department of Justice.