The First Amendment

by Daniel A. Farber

Written by a leading national scholar, Farber's coverage of the First Amendment is clear and incisive. All of the major areas of this complex doctrine are reviewed, including the religion clauses. The text also probes theories of free speech and debates over controversial issues such as campaign finance, hate speech, and religious exemptions. The new edition covers recent Supreme Court decisions dealing with the use of free exercise claims as a defense in discrimination cases, the elimination of mandatory fees to support public employee unions as a violation of free speech, and the right of convicted sex offenders to access online social media.

Genres: Law

347 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1998

Reviews

[Norman Styers · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good survey of case law relating to the First Amendment. It shows its age in its treatment of the internet, which was just getting going at the time it was published, but a fine treatment with flashes of humor.