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• Title:First Amendment law in a nutshell / Jerome A. Barron, C. Thomas Dienes.
  
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• Variant Title:First Amendment law
  
• Author/Creator:Barron, Jerome A., author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Dienes, C. Thomas, author.
  
• Published/Created:St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2018]
  ©2018
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF4770 .B37 2018
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:United States. Constitution. 1st Amendment.
  Freedom of speech--United States.
  Freedom of religion--United States.
  
• Edition:Fifth edition.
  
• Description:xxviii, 636 pages ; 19 cm
  
• Series:Nutshell series.
  
• Summary:"This [book] provides a...source for individuals interested in constitutional law, First Amendment law, and communications law. It is divided into four parts: the history, methodology, and philosophical foundations of the First Amendment; topics such as First Amendment issues that arise in cable television and in regulating children's access to the Internet; issues in First Amendment law such as the public forum doctrine, the compelled speech doctrine, and the free expression rights of government employees; and the text, history, and theory of the religion clauses, chronicling the ongoing battle in the Supreme Court between accommodationists and separationists. The fifth edition brings the book up to date with modern First Amendment jurisprudence, including a focus on racist and offensive speech, electoral spending, and other topics covered by recent Supreme Court cases and discussions."-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9781683283164
  1683283163
  
• Contents:Text, history and theory
  First Amendment methodology
  Advocacy of illegal conduct
  Dangerous and offensive speech
  Obscenity and indecency
  Defamation, privacy and mental distress
  Commercial speech
  New Categories?
  The public forum
  Expressive conduct
  Freedom of association and belief
  Government sponsored environments
  Freedom of the press
  Text, history and theory of the religion clauses
  The Antiestablishment Clause
  The Free Exercise Clause.