The Taming of Free Speech
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Legal History, Constitutional, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century
| Author: | Laura Weinrib | ISBN: | 9780674974685 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | September 19, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Laura Weinrib |
| ISBN: | 9780674974685 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | September 19, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Laura Weinrib shows how a coalition of lawyers and activists made judicial enforcement of the Bill of Rights a defining feature of American democracy. Protection of civil liberties was a calculated bargain between liberals and conservatives to save the courts from New Deal attack and secure free speech for both labor radicals and businesses.
Laura Weinrib shows how a coalition of lawyers and activists made judicial enforcement of the Bill of Rights a defining feature of American democracy. Protection of civil liberties was a calculated bargain between liberals and conservatives to save the courts from New Deal attack and secure free speech for both labor radicals and businesses.
