{"product_id":"free-speech-on-trial-richard-a-parker-9780817350253","title":"Free Speech on Trial: Communication Perspectives on Landmark Supreme Court Decisions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescribes landmark free speech decisions of the Supreme Court while highlighting the issues of language, rhetoric, and communication that underlie them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the intersection of communication and First Amendment law reside two significant questions: What is the speech we ought to protect, and why should we protect it? The 20 scholars of legal communication whose essays are gathered in this volume propose various answers to these questions, but their essays share an abiding concern with a constitutional guarantee of free speech and its symbiotic relationship with communication practices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFree Speech on Trial\u003c\/i\u003e fills a gap between textbooks that summarize First Amendment law and books that analyze case law and legal theory. These essays explore questions regarding the significance of unregulated speech in a marketplace of goods and ideas, the limits of offensive language and obscenity as expression, the power of symbols, and consequences of restraint prior to publication versus the subsequent punishment of sources. As one example, Craig Smith cites \u003ci\u003eBuckley vs. Valeo\u003c\/i\u003e to examine how the context of corruption in the 1974 elections shaped the Court's view of the constitutionality of campaign contributions and expenditures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollectively, the essays in this volume suggest that the life of free speech law is communication. The contributors reveal how the Court's free speech opinions constitute discursive performances that fashion, deconstruct, and reformulate the contours and parameters of the Constitution's guarantee of free expression and that, ultimately, reconstitute our government, our culture, and our society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard A. Parker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081735025X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817350253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.06w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2004 pg. 1740\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 31 - Strongly Recommended","brand":"Richard A. Parker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086958735615,"sku":"9780817350253","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_239ea08b-0ef3-48a5-8207-ef69a8d9b684.jpg?v=1769097482","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/free-speech-on-trial-richard-a-parker-9780817350253","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}