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Read [Tamara Piety Book] ! Brandishing the First Amendment: Commercial Expression in America Online ! PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Brandishing the First Amendment: Commercial Expression in America Saunders, Michigan State University. Piety, a nationally known critic of commercial and corporate speech, argues that such an expansion of First Amendment speech rights imperils public health, safety, and welfare; the reliability of commercial and consumer information; the stability of financial markets; and the global environment. Beginning with an evaluation of commonly evoked philosophical justifications for freedom of expression, Piety determines that, while these are appropriate for th

Brandishing the First Amendment: Commercial Expression in America

Title : Brandishing the First Amendment: Commercial Expression in America
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Rating : 4.33 (852 Votes)
Asin : 0472117920
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 342 Pages
Publish Date : 2014-01-29
Language : English

"And you thought Citizens United made bad law ." according to SG. "Citizens United" quickly became a household word in the wake of the 2010 Supreme Court decision granting corporations unprecedented free speech rights in our elections. Members of the general public grasped the resounding significance for our democratic system of providing corporate campaign contrib. A Worthy Opponent Ronald K. Collins I read this thoughtful book and learned from it. While I do not share all of Professor Piety's views, I nonetheless found her arguments to be well made and well researched. She does a splendid job of setting out the story -- legal, conceptual and philosophical -- of commercial speech. Progressive wil

Saunders, Michigan State University. Piety, a nationally known critic of commercial and corporate speech, argues that such an expansion of First Amendment speech rights imperils public health, safety, and welfare; the reliability of commercial and consumer information; the stability of financial markets; and the global environment. Beginning with an evaluation of commonly evoked philosophical justifications for freedom of expression, Piety determines that, while these are appropriate for the protection of an individual’s rights, they should not be applied too literally to commercial expression because the c

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