Fighting Faiths: The Abrams Case, the Supreme Court, and Free Speech
Richard Polenberg,Paperback - Reprint, Edition: 1, English-language edition,Pub by Cornell University Press
Richard Polenberg,Paperback - Reprint, Edition: 1, English-language edition,Pub by Cornell University Press
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780801486180 (0801486181)
ASIN: 801486181
Publish date: August 5th 1999
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Pages no: 431
Edition language: English
Abrams et al. v. United States provided Oliver Wendell Holmes with an opportunity to redefine the "clear and present danger" doctrine he had enunciated in the Schenck, Frohwerk, and Debs decisions. The story of the Abrams case and its impact on free speech is engagingly told by Richard Polenberg in ...