First Amendment Law in a Nutshell

by Jerome A. Barron, C. Thomas Dienes, Barron

Book Overview

Text, History and Theory; First Amendment Methodology; Advocacy of Illegal Conduct; Fighting Words, Hostile Audiences and Offensive Speech; Obscenity and Indecency; Defamation, Privacy and Mental... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0314146113
• ISBN13: 9780314146113
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Thomson West
• Length: 579 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Highly recommended

"Congress shall make no law...," but on this subject at least, the Supreme Court gets to do pretty much whatever it wants. First Amendment doctrine is notoriously serpentine and challenging. While this nutshell doesn't change that, it does explain the law in a crisp, well-organized fashion, with a good balance of case summary and explanation/analysis. The authors are concise without dumbing down the law. While there are big treatises out there for practitioners or for in-depth reference use (e.g., Smolla and Nimmer), there aren't very many First Amendment study aids out there. I think this one is the best.