Ashutosh Bhagwat

Our Democratic First Amendment

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This rediscovery of First Amendment rights offers both an engaging constitutional history and insight into contemporary political dialogue and society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 165mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781108484800
• ISBN-10: 1108484808
• Artikelnr.: 58380963

Autorenporträt

Ashutosh Bhagwat is Martin Luther King, Jr Professor of Law and the Boochever and Bird Endowed Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality at the University of California, Davis School of Law. He has clerked for Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit and Judge Anthony Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court. He is the author of The Myth of Rights (2010), as well as numerous articles on a variety of legal subjects. Professor Bhagwat is a member of the American Law Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. The Framers' Democrocratic First Amendment: 1. Freedom of speech and of the press
2. Assembly and association
3. The petition clause
4. Cognate rights and democratic citizenship
Part II. The Democratic First Amendment in the Age of Twitter: 5. Cacophony: speech and press in the Internet era
6. DeSiloing: of civic associations, book clubs, and taverns
7. Why assembly and petition still matter
Conclusion.