Mark V. Tushnet is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard University and the author of Why the Constitution Matters. Alan K. Chen is William M. Beaney Memorial Research Chair & Professor of Law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He is the co-author of Public Interest Lawyering: A Contemporary Perspective. Joseph Blocher is Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law.
"For someone who does have a deep and abiding interest in [the
subject of free speech], or even an interest in the First Amendment
in general, this very detailed, well-reasoned work would be an
invaluable resource."
*Journal of Intellectual and Freedom Privacy*
"Free Speech Beyond Words is a deep dive into the First Amendments
reach. [It] is rewarding in its meticulous method of analysis.
First Amendment scholars will want it as a valuable resource."
*Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly*
"This is a valuable introduction to a field that will become only
more significant with the development of new media, such as virtual
reality and digital mapping, that could merit First Amendment
protection."
*Publishers Weekly*
"The authors of Free Speech Beyond Words turn to other forms of
expression that are not literally speech in order to discern some
stopping point to prevent tagging everything as speech. [One]
lesson to be gleaned from this fine book is that a vibrant First
Amendment culture requires a demanding degree of
open-mindedness."
*Political Science Quarterly*
""This thoughtful book takes on the topic of First Amendment
coverage of three under-theorized kinds of content: music,
non-representational art and nonsense. Even though most everyone
assumes these kinds of content are covered by the First Amendment,
why should that be so? The book's authors, in the course of
addressing many interesting examples, persuasively articulate their
doctrinal, philosophical, aesthetic and linguistic approaches to
justify such coverage. They thus make important contributions to
First Amendment jurisprudence. I confess I am personally very
interested in their important project: it has been thirty years
since my Wisconsin Law Review article--which they are kind enough
to cite--explored the First Amendment and aesthetic justifications
for covering non-representational art. I recommend this
well-written book not only to First Amendment scholars but to
everyone interested in the First Amendment." "
*Sheldon Nahmod,University Distinguished Professor, IIT
Chicago-Kent College of Law*
"Free Speech Beyond Words is a genuine intellectual feast. By its
serious consideration of topics at the periphery of most analyses
of the First Amendment, such as abstract art or nonsensical speech,
it provides deeply illuminating analyses of the wherefores and whys
of protecting expression against governmental regulation. In
addition, perhaps because of the topics, the essays are simply fun
to read as well."
*Sanford Levinson,author of An Argument Open to All: Reading the
Federalist in the 21st Century*
"Most people assume that the First Amendment protects art and music
even when they have nothing to do with politics or public issues,
and even when they don't use words. Explaining why is another
matter. This gem of a book takes us deep into theories of free
expression to answer a question that is far more difficult than it
first appears."
*Jack Balkin,Yale Law School*
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