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Cohen William

Constitutional law : Civil liberty and individual rights - 5th - New York Foundation Press 2002 - 1316p xxxvii

Contents
The Bill of Rights;
The judiciary;
Freedom of thought and belief;
Freedom of speech and press: historical background;
Freedom of speech: advocacy of violation of law
The public forum;
The private forum;
Symbolic speech;
Commercial speech;
The multi-level theory of free speech;
Obscenity;
Fighting words and offensive speech;
Defamation and media invasion of privacy;
The conflict between freedom of the press and the right to a fair trial;
The right to silence;
History and rationale of the religion clauses of the First Amendment;
Free exercise of religion;
Establishment of religion: religion and schools;
The prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures;
The privilege against self-incrimination;
Privacy as autonomy;
Equal protection of law: from principle to doctrine;
Racial equality;
Gender equality;
The constitution and the electoral process;
Fair procedure;
Social rights.

ISBN: 9781587780752

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Civil Rights - Cases - U S A.2. Constitutional Law - Cases - U S A.

Dewey Class. No.: 342.730000 / COH