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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... agency for illegally maintaining a file on him in contravention of § ( e ) ( 7 ) of the Privacy Act , which , under most circum- stances requires that “ each agency that maintains a system of records shall ... maintain no record ...
... agency finds ob- jectionable . 28 In 1979 the USIA refused to certify The Killing Ground , a nationally syndicated ABC News documentary focusing on the problem of toxic waste disposal . Having received two Emmys and a bevy of ...
... agency has required those whom it funds " not to establish claim to copyright , publish , or to release to others computer software first produced in performance of this contract without prior written permission of the contracting ...
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 |