Synopses & Reviews
While freedom of speech has been guaranteed us for centuries, the First Amendment as we know it today is largely a creation of the past eighty years.
Eternally Vigilant brings together a group of distinguished legal scholars to reflect boldly on its past, its present shape, and what forms our understanding of it might take in the future.
Contributors:
Lillian R. BeVier
Vincent Blasi
Lee C. Bollinger
Stanley Fish
Owen M. Fiss
R. Kent Greenawalt
Richard A. Posner
Robert C. Post
Frederick Schauer
Geoffrey R. Stone
David A. Strauss
Cass R. Sunstein
Synopsis
Preface DialogueFreedom of Speech and the Common-Law ConstitutionFree Speech and Good Character: From Milton to Brandeis to the Present"Clear and Present Danger" and Criminal SpeechThe Speech Market and the Legacy of SchenckReconciling Theory and Doctrine in First Amendment Jurisprudence First Amendment OpportunismThe Dance of TheoryThe Invisible Hand of the Marketplace of IdeasThe Censorship of TelevisionThe Future of Free SpeechEpilogueList of ContributorsIndex
About the Author
Lee C. Bollinger is the president of Columbia University. He is the author of
The Tolerant Society: Freedom of Speech and
Extremist Speech in America and Images of a Free Press, the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.
Geoffrey R. Stone is the Harry Kalven Jr. Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. He is the coauthor of The First Amendment and coeditor of the annual Supreme Court Review.
Table of Contents
Preface
Dialogue
Freedom of Speech and the Common-Law Constitution
Free Speech and Good Character: From Milton to Brandeis to the Present
"Clear and Present Danger" and Criminal Speech
The Speech Market and the Legacy of Schenck
Reconciling Theory and Doctrine in First Amendment Jurisprudence
First Amendment Opportunism
The Dance of Theory
The Invisible Hand of the Marketplace of Ideas
The Censorship of Television
The Future of Free Speech
Epilogue
List of Contributors
Index