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Constitutional law : civil liberty and individual rights

by: Cohen, William, 1933-

Publication date: 2002

Topics: Civil rights -- United States -- Cases, Constitutional law -- United States -- Cases

Publisher: New York : Foundation Press

Collection: booksgrouptest

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

Volume: 1

xxxvii, 1316 p. : 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

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

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