Hate speech and the "no law" conundrum -- The scope of hate speech -- Speech protection from Chaplinsky to Alvarez -- Professor Meiklejohn, Justice Brennan, and absolute first amendment protection -- The idea of hate speech -- The idea of hate speech redux.
Summary:
"This book argues that hate speech is not protected. Based on an examination of Supreme Court case law and First Amendment theory, the book finds that hate speech lies outside the Supreme Court's hierarchy of speech protection because it advances no ideas of social value"-- Provided by publisher.
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