The Irony of Free Speech

by Owen M. Fiss

Book Overview

How free is the speech of someone who can't be heard? Not very--and this, Owen Fiss suggests, is where the First Amendment comes in. In this book, a marvel of conciseness and eloquence, Fiss reframes the debate over free speech to reflect the First Amendment's role in ensuring public debate that is, in Justice William Brennan's words, truly "uninhibited, robust, and wide-open."

Hate speech, pornography, campaign spending, funding for the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674466616
• ISBN13: 9780674466616
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.9"