Book contents
- Free Speech in the Balance
- Free Speech in the Balance
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Theory
- 1 Formalism and Categorical Doctrine
- 2 Dominant Academic Approaches to Free Speech
- 3 Free Speech and Proportionality
- 4 Civic Community and Social Context
- Part II Application
- Notes
- Index
2 - Dominant Academic Approaches to Free Speech
Strengths and Shortcomings
from Part I - Theory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 November 2020
- Free Speech in the Balance
- Free Speech in the Balance
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Theory
- 1 Formalism and Categorical Doctrine
- 2 Dominant Academic Approaches to Free Speech
- 3 Free Speech and Proportionality
- 4 Civic Community and Social Context
- Part II Application
- Notes
- Index
Summary
This chapter evaluates the three most commonly held views on the constitutional purposes for protecting free expression. These theories tend to focus almost exclusively on aspects of speech, while paying little to attention to how communication fits with other aspects of deliberative democracy.
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- Free Speech in the Balance , pp. 19 - 39Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020