The rise and fall of Morris Ernst, free speech renegade:

"Samantha Barbas delineates the life of famed lawyer and political advisor Morris Ernst, an early shaper of the American Civil Liberties Union. Today's fundamental challenges to free speech, expressive rights, and the exercise of political power make Ernst's battles to establish the c...

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1. Verfasser: Barbas, Samantha 1972- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2021
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Zusammenfassung:"Samantha Barbas delineates the life of famed lawyer and political advisor Morris Ernst, an early shaper of the American Civil Liberties Union. Today's fundamental challenges to free speech, expressive rights, and the exercise of political power make Ernst's battles to establish the cultural and legal norms of the twentieth century freshly interesting-particularly his role in framing the right to privacy. Barbas details Ernst's legendary free speech cases but also his manipulative ways and idiosyncratic and troubling political associations. A vital and conflicted man, Ernst was shaped strongly by the intersection of his legal ideas and the driving politics of his time"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Beschreibung:420 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9780226658049

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