The Constitutionalist: Notes on the First AmendmentIn this new edition of the acclaimed 1971 original, George Anastaplo provides us with a detailed legal, historical, and dialectical analysis of the First Amendment with special attention to the reasoning of the Founding Fathers. Heralded as a groundbreaking work on freedom of expression and constitutional rights, The Constitutionalist challenges the reader to truly understand through a legal and philosophical viewpoint the roles of freedom of speech and freedom of the press in our society, or any society. Supplementing the original text are thorough appendices, including an in-depth record of Anastaplo's own remarkable bar admission case, and extensive notes exploring a range of topics from important political events to the nature of American institutions, as well as a wealth of discriminating references and commentary pulling from anthropology, sociology, psychology, and literature. This book is essential and engrossing reading for law students, legal scholars, and anyone interested in the development and application of free speech and the First Amendment. |
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Page xi
... political life , and of what transcends and is the ground of political life have here a guide to where to go as they face the dilemma posed by the realization that the good citizen and the good man are not simply identical . Students of ...
... political life , and of what transcends and is the ground of political life have here a guide to where to go as they face the dilemma posed by the realization that the good citizen and the good man are not simply identical . Students of ...
Page xxxii
... political speech , speech having to do with the duties and concerns of self - governing citizens . Thus , for ... political freedom of the American people ) is that the States should retain some power to regulate political expres- sion ...
... political speech , speech having to do with the duties and concerns of self - governing citizens . Thus , for ... political freedom of the American people ) is that the States should retain some power to regulate political expres- sion ...
Page lviii
... Political Science Reviewer 345-441 ( 1998 ) ( along with " First Impres- sions , " 26 Political Science Reviewer 248-57 ( 1997 ) ) . 12. " Law & Literature and the Bible : Explorations , " 23 Okla- homa City University Law Review 515 ...
... Political Science Reviewer 345-441 ( 1998 ) ( along with " First Impres- sions , " 26 Political Science Reviewer 248-57 ( 1997 ) ) . 12. " Law & Literature and the Bible : Explorations , " 23 Okla- homa City University Law Review 515 ...
Page lxiv
... political theory , and contemporary civil liberties . The work is part of the continuing scholarly discussion of what has proven to be the chief problem of American constitu- tional development : the need to balance individual freedoms ...
... political theory , and contemporary civil liberties . The work is part of the continuing scholarly discussion of what has proven to be the chief problem of American constitu- tional development : the need to balance individual freedoms ...
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... political order . His argument is almost wholly textual . The notion that the First Amendment is itself a principle of justice which serves to hold the American political community together is never explored from the perspective of the ...
... political order . His argument is almost wholly textual . The notion that the First Amendment is itself a principle of justice which serves to hold the American political community together is never explored from the perspective of the ...
Contents
I A JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS | 3 |
II THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND | 11 |
III CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW | 35 |
IV ALL LEGISLATIVE POWERS HEREIN GRANTED | 53 |
V ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH | 93 |
VI THE POWERS NOT DELEGATED TO THE UNITED STATES | 133 |
VII A MORE PERFECT UNION | 171 |
VIII THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY | 205 |
APPENDIX A STAGES IN THE FIRST CONGRESS OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT | 289 |
CIRCULAR AND INDICTMENT | 294 |
APPENDIX C DUE PROCESS AND THE WORLD OF COMMERCE | 306 |
A TRIAL IN CHICAGO | 312 |
PRINCIPIIS OBSTA | 324 |
APPENDIX F IN RE GEORGE ANASTAPLO 195061 | 331 |
NOTES | 419 |
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IX WE DO ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH | 273 |
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