Friend of the court : on the front lines with the First Amendment / Floyd Abrams.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]Description: xii, 473 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780300190878 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0300190875 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • KF 4770 .A915 2013
Contents:
The vice of censorship -- The United States and the world -- The First Amendment and national security -- Presidents vs. the First Amendment -- On libel and privacy -- Copyright woes -- Confidential sources -- Citizens united -- Assessing the press -- Reflections.
Summary: This collection of Abrams's writings gathers speeches, articles, debates, briefs, oral arguments, and testimony from his entire career. The writings illuminate topics of ongoing import: WikiLeaks, the correctness of the Citizens United case, journalist shield laws, and, not least, the responsibilities of the press.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The vice of censorship -- The United States and the world -- The First Amendment and national security -- Presidents vs. the First Amendment -- On libel and privacy -- Copyright woes -- Confidential sources -- Citizens united -- Assessing the press -- Reflections.

This collection of Abrams's writings gathers speeches, articles, debates, briefs, oral arguments, and testimony from his entire career. The writings illuminate topics of ongoing import: WikiLeaks, the correctness of the Citizens United case, journalist shield laws, and, not least, the responsibilities of the press.

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