1st Edition

Siebert's Second Proposition in the Twenty-first Century Society, Government and Free Expression After 9/11:a Special Issue of communication Law and Policy

Edited By W. Wat Hopkins Copyright 2003
152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

In 1952, legal scholar and historian Frederick S. Siebert published his monumental study of three centuries of press freedom in England, in which he enunciated and supported two propositions that were remarkable for their simplicity. The second of the propositions has become a guiding principle in the study of free expression. This special issue provides a remarkable body of work focusing on this... Read more
Volume 7, Number 4, 2002. Contents: Editorial Note. ESSAY: M.A. Blanchard, "Why Can't We Ever Learn?" Cycles of Stability, Stress, and Freedom of Expression in United States History. ARTICLES: J.A. Smith, Frederick Siebert's Absolute, Adjustable First Amendment. S.D. Ross, An Apologia to Radical Dissent and a Supreme Court Test to Protect It. R.K. Bird, Academic Freedom Since 9/11: How the War on Terrorism Threatens Free Speech on Campus. K.K. Olson, Courtroom Access After 9/11: A Pathological Perspective.

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W. Wat Hopkins