Lessons in Censorship: How Schools and Courts Subvert Students' First Amendment Rights

by Catherine J. Ross

Book Overview

American public schools often censor controversial student speech that the Constitution protects. Lessons in Censorship brings clarity to a bewildering array of court rulings that define the speech rights of young citizens in the school setting. Catherine J. Ross examines disputes that have erupted in our schools and courts over the civil rights movement, war and peace, rights for LGBTs, abortion, immigration, evangelical proselytizing,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674057740
• ISBN13: 9780674057746
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"