Speech Rights in America: The First Amendment, Democracy, and the Media

by Laura Stein

Book Overview

Why the First Amendment fails to protect speech rights and what to do about it The First Amendment is the principle guarantor of speech rights in the United States, but the court s interpretations of it often privilege the interests of media owners over those of the broader citizenry. In Speech Rights in America, Laura Stein argues that such rulings prevent the First Amendment from performing its critical role as a protector of free speech, alienate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252030753
• ISBN13: 9780252030758
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"