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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... took place , the Immigration Service offered Mowat a one - time - only waiver in order for him to visit the United States to complete a scheduled publicity tour for his book Sea of Slaughter ( Boston : Atlantic Monthly Press , 1986 ) ...
... took no action after Attorney William Kunstler visited North Vietnam in October 1969 in order to talk with Xuan Oanh , a spokesman for the North Viet Nam delegation to the Paris peace talks . See The New York Times , Oct. 27 , 1969 , p ...
... many individuals to abandon such compunctions . " Finally , from the day it took office , the Reagan administration insisted on a strict interpretation of the export control laws , and the constant monitoring The Secrecy Habit 125.
Contents
The McCarranWalter Act and | 13 |
Federal | 53 |
The Foreign Agents | 85 |
Copyright | |
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