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The Heroes Of The First Amendment, Frederick Schauer May 2003

The Heroes Of The First Amendment, Frederick Schauer

Michigan Law Review

In 1950, Felix Frankfurter famously observed that "[i)t is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in controversies involving not very nice people." The circumstances of Justice Frankfurter's observation were hardly atypical, for his opinion arose in a Fourth Amendment case involving a man plainly guilty of the crime with which he had been charged - fraudulently altering postage stamps in order to make relatively ordinary ones especially valuable for collectors. Indeed, Fourth Amendment cases typically present the phenomenon that Frankfurter pithily identified, for most of the people injured by an …


Insert Coins To Slay - Regulating Children's Access To Violent Arcade Games, Elizabeth A. Previte Jan 2003

Insert Coins To Slay - Regulating Children's Access To Violent Arcade Games, Elizabeth A. Previte

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal

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Justice Isn't Deaf--A Behind The Scenes Look At How Bijoux Records' Executives Discuss The Potential Liability For Violence, Renee M. Moore Jan 2003

Justice Isn't Deaf--A Behind The Scenes Look At How Bijoux Records' Executives Discuss The Potential Liability For Violence, Renee M. Moore

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

The music industry is an interesting phenomenon. It is a world that exists on image--and everyone has a say. For that very reason, the music industry is no stranger to critics. At its heart, they are what the industry is all about. Critics are the driving force in the business--their written and verbal exchange of ideas predicts the rise and fall of stars. Critics come in all shapes and sizes--they are the everyday consumer, the media at large, the hopeful artist, the record company executive, the legal scholar, and even our nation's government. This article will take you on a …


All The World's Not A Stooge: The Transformativeness Test For Analyzing A First Amendment Defense To A Right Of Publicity Claim Against Distribution Of A Work Of Art, Jay Dougherty Dec 2002

All The World's Not A Stooge: The Transformativeness Test For Analyzing A First Amendment Defense To A Right Of Publicity Claim Against Distribution Of A Work Of Art, Jay Dougherty

Jay Dougherty

This article is a thorough review of First Amendment law in relation to the right of publicity. It criticizes the so-called "transformativeness test" developed in California as a mechanism to balance rights of publicity and freedom of speech and expression.