Free Speech in an Open Society

This grand tour of First Amendment law underlines the intimate connection between free expression and democratic values as it leads us through the most treacherous and emotionally charged cases in American jurisprudence. "Intellectually venturesome. . . ."The New York Times Book Review

Rodney A. Smolla is a nationally recognized scholar, author, and teacher. He is Dean and Professor of Law at Widener University Delaware Law School and has previously held positions at the University of Georgia School of Law, the University of Richmond School of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law, and Furman University. A graduate of Duke University and Yale University, he is the author of Jerry Falwell v. Larry Flynt, Deliberate Intent, and Free Speech in an Open Society, which won the William O. Douglas Prize.

The Meaning of Freedom of Speech in an Open Culture
The Case for an Open Culture	p. 3
The Shortcomings of All Simple Answers	p. 18
A Model for Freedom of Speech	p. 43
Free Speech and the Political Community
Patriotism, Community, and Dissent	p. 69
Personal Reputation and Privacy	p. 117
Hate Speech: Tolerating Intolerance	p. 151
Public Funding of the Arts, Education, and Other Forms of Public Speech	p. 170
Money and Politics	p. 220
News-Gathering in the International Marketplace
The Noriega Tapes and Other Lessons in Prior Restraints	p. 243
The Parable of the Persian Gulf: The First Casualty of War	p. 291
The Challenges of New Technologies	p. 321
Toward an International Marketplace of Ideas	p. 343
Notes	p. 369
Index	p. 415
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