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Burn This Book Burn This Book Paul Auster,Ed Park,Nadine Gordimer,Russell Banks,Salman Rushdie,John Updike,Francine Prose,Toni Morrison,David Grossman,Pico Iyer,Orhan Pamuk Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book is a powerful collection of essays that explore the meaning of censorship and the power of literature to inform the way we see th… OL15191496W
"There shall be freedom of expression!" "There shall be freedom of expression!" John Mukela The report "is born out of an international conference forming part of worldwide commemorations of the peaceful dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway in 1905. The report assesses the cur… OL15527301W
Muzzled Muzzled Juan Williams Williams discusses the countless ways in which honest debate in America--from the halls of Congress and the health care town halls to the talk shows and print media--is stifled. OL16700870W
Broadcasting, voice, and accountability Broadcasting, voice, and accountability Monroe Price,Kreszentia Duer,Steve Buckley This book provides guidelines, tools, and real world examples to help assess and reform the enabling environment for media development that serves public interest goals. It builds on a growing awaren… OL18615383W
Extreme speech and democracy Extreme speech and democracy Ivan Hare This title considers the constitutionality of hate speech regulation, and examines how liberal democracies have adopted fundamental differences in the way they respond to racist or extreme expression… OL18702763W
Harmless Harmless Brett Neveu A creative writing professor is called to the office of the college president for questioning. What has been going on in his classroom to provoke a growing controversy and attract the attention of th… OL19739832W
The Price we pay The Price we pay Laura Lederer,Richard Delgado It is an oft-heard refrain that racist speech, hate propaganda, and pornography are "the price we pay" for our freedom of expression. This landmark collection of essays by 42 leading legal scholars, … OL20897948W
Freedom of speech under attack Freedom of speech under attack Gelijn Molier,Afshin Ellian "This book is a 'follow-up' of a book that appeared in 2011, in Dutch. That year saw the trial of Geert Wilders, parliamentarian and party leader of one of the largest political parties in The Nether… OL22304212W
Freedom from speech Freedom from speech Greg Lukianoff "This is a surreal time for freedom of speech. While the legal protections of the First Amendment remain strong, the culture is obsessed with punishing individuals for allegedly offensive utterances.… OL23202746W
Sekhmet, la déesse sauvage Sekhmet, la déesse sauvage François Gravel Un raton-laveur mort est retrouvé devant le B-2201. C'est dans ce local que se retrouvent les membres de Cadavre exquis, un groupe littéraire d'élèves s'intéressant au roman d'horreur, qu'encadre mon… OL24297575W
Free Speech Free Speech Nigel Warburton *'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it'.* This slogan, attributed to Voltaire, is frequently quoted by the defenders of free speech. Yet it is rare to … OL2670796W
Censorship Censorship Susan S. Lang Discusses opposing viewpoints in the ongoing debate over placing limits on television and radio broadcasts, news reporting, school curricula, and public speaking. OL2964198W
Emma Goldman, Vol. 1: A Documentary History of the American Years, Volume 1 Emma Goldman, Vol. 1: A Documentary History of the American Years, Volume 1 Emma Goldman Publisher description: Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years redefines the historical memory of Emma Goldman and illuminates a forgotten yet influential facet of the history of Am… OL2983614W
Tinker Vs Des Moines Tinker Vs Des Moines Doreen Rappaport Using edited transcripts of testimony, recreates the trial of John Tinker and two other students who were suspended from school for protesting the Vietnam War, and invites the reader to act as judge … OL463888W
Censorship Censorship Bradley Steffens Explores various issues involving censorship, including civil liberties, obscenity, and the role of government. OL58937W
No escape No escape Paul A. Passavant "Conventional legal and political scholarship places liberalism, which promotes and defends individual legal rights, in direct opposition to communitarianism, which focuses on the greater good of the… OL5952952W