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Speech Regulation: Why An Injunction Should Be Permissible Under Workplace Discrimination But Is Problematic Under Defamation, Sarah Shyr Sep 2009

Speech Regulation: Why An Injunction Should Be Permissible Under Workplace Discrimination But Is Problematic Under Defamation, Sarah Shyr

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Beyond Content Neutrality: Understanding Content-Based Promotion Of Democratic Speech, Marvin Ammori Mar 2009

Beyond Content Neutrality: Understanding Content-Based Promotion Of Democratic Speech, Marvin Ammori

Federal Communications Law Journal

Scholars and judges generally assume that the cornerstone of free speech doctrine is the distinction between content-based and content-neutral laws. Despite its wide acceptance, the distinction lacks any precedential or normative basis, unless it also accounts for another equally important distinction. The scholars' conventional view of content-analysis overlooks the difference between the government banning a book or recommending it. Content-based laws that suppress specific content, like banning a television show, should be problematic, but content-based laws that promote specific content, such as promoting educational and political shows, should not be.

Precedent and the First Amendment's underlying normative concerns both require …


Yellow Snow On Sacred Sites: A Failed Application Of The Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Joshua A. Edwards Jan 2009

Yellow Snow On Sacred Sites: A Failed Application Of The Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Joshua A. Edwards

American Indian Law Review

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In The Matter Of Ottinger V. Non-Party The Journal News, Daniel Haier Jan 2009

In The Matter Of Ottinger V. Non-Party The Journal News, Daniel Haier

NYLS Law Review

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Combating Incitement To Terrorism On The Internet: Comparative Approaches In The United States And United Kingdom And The Need For An International Solution, Elizabeth M. Renieris Jan 2009

Combating Incitement To Terrorism On The Internet: Comparative Approaches In The United States And United Kingdom And The Need For An International Solution, Elizabeth M. Renieris

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

In recent years, terrorist use of the Internet has been gaining in popularity, with more than several thousand radical or extremist websites in existence today. Because the Internet transcends physical and geographic boundaries, combating terrorist incitement on the Internet requires cross-border global cooperation. Although the international community has taken steps to combat the problem with United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1373 and 1624, the state parties to these resolutions have been unable to close the significant holes in the current international legal framework, and there is little evidence that terrorist use of the Internet for purposes of incitement is being …


Strings Attached: An Analysis Of The Eruv Under The Religion Clauses Of The First Amendment And The Religious Land Use And Institutionalized Persons Act, Alexandra Lang Susman Jan 2009

Strings Attached: An Analysis Of The Eruv Under The Religion Clauses Of The First Amendment And The Religious Land Use And Institutionalized Persons Act, Alexandra Lang Susman

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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Jewish Women Under Siege: The Fight For Survival On The Front Lines Of Love And The Law, Adam H. Koblenz Jan 2009

Jewish Women Under Siege: The Fight For Survival On The Front Lines Of Love And The Law, Adam H. Koblenz

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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