Taking Liberties: National Barriers to the Free Flow of IdeasBloomsbury Academic, 1990 M02 15 - 173 pages A groundbreaking contribution to the literature of constitutional law, Taking Liberties is the first book to explore the ways domestic policies deny U.S. citizens access to international sources of information. Author Elizabeth Hull argues that such policies--which include limiting Americans' right to travel, censoring foreign documentaries, suppressing foreign literature considered politically objectionable, preventing controversial aliens from visiting the country, and restricting international scientific exchange--contravene the Constitution's First Amendment, which was designed to prevent government authorities from suppressing information bearing on public affairs. Hull challenges traditional judicial interpretations of First Amendment protection, asserting that in an era of global problems, constitutional protection must be extended to international sources of information that bear upon public issues. Written with a minimum of legal jargon, the volume is an ideal supplemental text for graduate and undergraduate courses in constitutional law. |
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... Department of State and the Department of Commerce , on the one hand , and members of the research community , on the other , in determining whether specific tech- nology or data requires a license under the export control statutes ...
... department reasons that if it can bar the release of information under the FOIA to prevent its exportation , it can likewise ban its release at conferences attended by foreigners . 39 The Department of Commerce also imposes restrictions ...
... Department of Commerce , 124 , 126 , 128 , 130 Department of Defense , 125 , 127-29 , 143 n.19 , 149 n.92 Department of Energy , 127 , 135 , 143 n.19 , 151 n.129 Department of Justice , 85 Department of State , 130 Department of the ...
Contents
The McCarranWalter Act and | 13 |
Federal | 53 |
The Foreign Agents | 85 |
Copyright | |
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Taking Liberties: National Barriers to the Free Flow of Ideas Elizabet Hull No preview available - 1990 |