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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... university in the country warning that the teaching of even some unclassified subjects to students from China constitutes an " export " requiring an appropriate license.55 University professors also received letters admonishing them not ...
... university scientists might continue per- forming research beyond " basic scientific investigation " into " applications of technology with military relevance . " This raised the possibility , of course , that the Soviet Union would ...
... University , Office of Government , Community , and Public Affairs , July 1985 . Shattuck , John , and Muriel Morisey Spence . Government Information Controls : Implications for Scholarship , Science and Technology . Cambridge , Mass ...
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 |