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The First Amendment And The Legal Profession: Is Silence Golden?, Jan L. Jacobowitz Ms.
The First Amendment And The Legal Profession: Is Silence Golden?, Jan L. Jacobowitz Ms.
Jan L Jacobowitz
No abstract provided.
The First Amendment And The Legal Profession: Is Silence Golden?, Jan L. Jacobowitz Ms.
The First Amendment And The Legal Profession: Is Silence Golden?, Jan L. Jacobowitz Ms.
Jan L Jacobowitz
No abstract provided.
Digitus Impudicus: The Middle Finger And The Law, Ira P. Robbins
Digitus Impudicus: The Middle Finger And The Law, Ira P. Robbins
Ira P. Robbins
The middle finger is one of the most commonly used insulting gestures in the United States. The finger, which is used to convey a wide range of emotions, is visible on streets and highways, in schools, shopping malls, and sporting events, in courts and execution chambers, in advertisements and on magazine covers, and even on the hallowed floor of the United States Senate. Despite its ubiquity, however, as a number of recent cases demonstrate, those who use the middle finger in public run the risk of being stopped, arrested, prosecuted, fined, and even incarcerated under disorderly conduct or breach of …