Barron, Jerome A.

First Amendment law in a nutshell First Amendment law by Jerome A. Barron, C. Thomas Dienes. - 4th ed. - St. Paul, MN Thomson/West c2008. - xxxvii, 584 p. 19 cm. - West nutshell series . - Nutshell series. .

Includes index.

pt. I. Background and methodology. Text, history and theory ; First Amendment methodology -- pt. II. Content-based regulation and low-value speech. Advocacy of illegal conduct ; Dangerous and offensive speech ; Obscenity and indecency ; Defamation, privacy and mental distress ; Commercial speech ; New Categories? -- pt. III. General approaches. The public forum ; Expressive conduct ; Freedom of association and belief ; Government sponsored environments ; Freedom of the press -- pt. IV. Freedom of religion. Text, history and theory of the religion clauses ; The Antiestablishment Clause ; The Free Exercise Clause.

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United States 1st Amendment. Constitution.


Freedom of speech--United States.
Freedom of religion--United States.

KF 4770 / .B37 2008