An excellent library of court decisions related to free speech in the United States, compiled as part of a book, Freedom Of Speech In The United States
Covers historical development in England, including the Magna Carta and John Stuart Mill, then moves onto modern controversies such as privacy rights, obscenity, and copyright.
A very useful resource for accessing primary source legal materials relating to free speech.
The book
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
This post is about Eugene Volokh's article on free speech and privacy in relation to Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis's 1890 law review article, "The Right to Privacy." This highly influential piece advocated for "the fundamental right to be let alone." But is it impossible to reconcile such a right with an equally compelling right to free speech?
In Copyright and the First Amendment: The Unexplored, Unbroken Historical Practice, Terry Hart does an excellent job of exploring why the First Amendment has never been held to interfere with the enforcement of copyright, including pre-publication injunctive relief.
What is the First Amendment?
I'm currently a graduate student of the history of law and technology at the University of California, San Diego. I also provide law and technology consulting services.
Additionally, I'm a non-practicing lawyer and former developer/sysadmin at a biotech non-profit. For more about me and my work, see krisnelson.org or my Google Profile. Post title: Freedom of Speech in the United States
Authored by: Kristopher Nelson
Date posted: Jun 28, 2007
Categorized as: constitution • law
Tagged with: copyright • development • library • privacy
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