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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National Barriers to the Free Flow of Ideas Elizabet Hull. 11138 conclude " that our system of laws was ineffective or ... concluded his opinion by vesting the First Amendment with unprecedented reach : " In the absence of some overriding ...
... concluded that several of the papers intended for delivery there might violate the export control laws . As a consequence , when some 2,700 scientists arrived from all over the world , they learned for the first time that more than 150 ...
... concluded a three - year investigation of the country's nuclear weapons plants . The committee released a report of its findings in which it concluded that the myriad safety breakdowns at these plants were a direct result of their ...
Contents
The McCarranWalter Act and | 13 |
Federal | 53 |
The Foreign Agents | 85 |
Copyright | |
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