9780735569294: The First Amendment

Synopsis

<p <bThe First Amendment, Third Edition</b, puts the power of a sterling author team at the service of professors who are focusing exclusively on freedoms of speech, expression, and religion. Using cases, excerpted scholarship, and notes, the <bThird Edition</b provides an in-depth treatment of First Amendment issues. </p <p <bFeatured in the Third Edition:</b </p <ul <li <ban up-to-date, in-depth, and cogent treatment of First Amendment issues,</b with a 75/25 split in coverage between speech and religion </li <li <ba balance of historical, theoretical, and practical approaches</b </li <li <bthe highly regarded authorship</b of the very successful casebook, <b Constitutional Law, Fifth Edition</b </li <li <bnumerous well-crafted problems</b with which students can practice applying * principles in hypothetical situations </li </ul <p <bNew to the Third Edition:</b </p <ul <li major new cases: <ul <li <b<iAshcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union</i</b on the constitutionality of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) </li <li <b<iVirgina v. Black</i</b on content-based restrictions on freedom of expression </li <li <b<iU.S. v. American Library Association</i</b and <b<iRandall v. Sorrell</i</b on content-neutral restrictions </li <li <b<iEldred v

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