Volokh's First Amendment and Related Statutes: Problems, Cases, and Policy Arguments, 2d, 2006 Supplement

by Eugene Volokh

This is the 2006 Supplement to Volokh's First Amendment and Related Problems, Cases, and Policy Arguments, Second Edition. The Second Edition of the casebook examines United States First Amendment law using expertly edited cases, original note materials, and class questions. The Second Edition includes, among other I. New units or subunits on newsgathering rights, nongovernmental speech restrictions, library selection decisions, restrictions on speech by noncitizens, lawyers, prisoners, and members of the military, controversies about whether restrictions are content-neutral or content based, crime facilitating speech, child custody speech restrictions, professional client speech, the disclosure of private facts tort, and hostile environment harassment law, anti SLAPP statutes, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, and Title VII as protection for religious freedom. II. Coverage of important new First Amendment cases, dealing with virtual child pornography, cyberspace speech, school choice, campaign finance, and more.

75 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

About the author

Professor Eugene Volokh (Ukrainian: Євге́н Володимирович Волох Yevhen Volodymyrovych Volokh, Russian: Евге́ний Влади́мирович Во́лох Yevgeniy Vladimirovich Volokh) is the Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law and an academic affiliate of the law firm Mayer Brown. He publishes the blog "The Volokh Conspiracy" which he founded in 2002.

Volokh is a specialist in constitutional law, widely acknowledged as one of the country's preeminent experts on the First Amendment. He served as clerk for Judge Alex Kozinski on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and then for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.