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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... justice " raised the possibility that Americans mightn't have free speech rights when they are abroad . " 93 The holding goes even further , however , suggesting that Americans may not exercise free speech rights even at home without ...
... Justice Brennan's logic in Globe , Chief Justice Burger's logic in Richmond , and indeed the Court's logic in both the Near and Pentagon Papers cases , is trans- ferable to the military context : The press historically has had access to ...
... Justice . 27. The National Film Board of Canada's New York Office has been its reg- istered agent since 1947 , and in this capacity it periodically provides the De- partment of Justice with a list of the film titles it intends to ...
Contents
The McCarranWalter Act and | 13 |
Federal | 53 |
The Foreign Agents | 85 |
Copyright | |
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