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Post Constitutionalism, Lawrence Lessig May 1996

Post Constitutionalism, Lawrence Lessig

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Robert C. Post, Constitutional Domains: Democracy, Community, Management


A Championship Season For The First Amendment, Joel Gora Jan 1996

A Championship Season For The First Amendment, Joel Gora

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Remembering Melville Nimmer: Some Cautionary Notes On Commercial Speech, William W. Van Alstyne Jan 1996

Remembering Melville Nimmer: Some Cautionary Notes On Commercial Speech, William W. Van Alstyne

Faculty Scholarship

This examination concerns itself with two main questions: what qualifies as commercial speech and how much protection does commercial speech enjoy under the First Amendment when compared to other forms of speech. The trend of the Court indicates that commercial speech enjoys protections similar to political speech.


Freedom Of Speech And Press Jan 1996

Freedom Of Speech And Press

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Freedom Of Speech And Press Jan 1996

Freedom Of Speech And Press

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


American Library Association V. Reno: Protecting Producers Against Infringement Or Children Against Vulnerability - First Amendment Issues Surrounding Child Pornography Laws, Lisa L. Eckl Jan 1996

American Library Association V. Reno: Protecting Producers Against Infringement Or Children Against Vulnerability - First Amendment Issues Surrounding Child Pornography Laws, Lisa L. Eckl

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal

No abstract provided.


John Milton's Areopagitica And The Modern First Amendment, Vincent A. Blasi Jan 1996

John Milton's Areopagitica And The Modern First Amendment, Vincent A. Blasi

Faculty Scholarship

The traditional liberal argument for free speech is now under fire from several directions. Critics from the left, the center, and the right find simplistic the claim that unregulated expression promotes the search for truth, the protection of self-government, the autonomy of individuals, and the control of concentrated power. Even if free speech does serve these values to a considerable degree, there are costs associated with liberty, costs the critics say are not sufficiently recognized in the standard liberal accounts.

As a general matter, but especially regarding the freedom of speech, liberalism is seen as too doctrinaire, too optimistic about …