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Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, And The First Amendment (New Perspectives on Law, Culture, & Society)
Mari J Matsuda
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Paperback. "Words, like sticks and stones, can assault; they can injure; they can exclude. In this important book, four prominent legal scholars from the tradition of critical race theory draw on the experience o" Num Pages: 168 pages, notes, biblio, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFFJ; JFSL3; JFSL4; JHB; JN; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278.
Words, like sticks and stones, can assault; they can injure; they can exclude. In this important book, four prominent legal scholars from the tradition of critical race theory draw on the experience of injury from racist hate speech to develop a first amendment interpretation that recognizes such injuries. In their critique of ?first amendment orthodoxy,? the authors argue that only a history of racism can explain why defamation, invasion of privacy, and fraud are exempt from free-speech guarantees while racist and sexist verbal assaults are not.The rising tide of verbal violence on college campuses has increased the intensity of the ... Read more
Words, like sticks and stones, can assault; they can injure; they can exclude. In this important book, four prominent legal scholars from the tradition of critical race theory draw on the experience of injury from racist hate speech to develop a first amendment interpretation that recognizes such injuries. In their critique of ?first amendment orthodoxy,? the authors argue that only a history of racism can explain why defamation, invasion of privacy, and fraud are exempt from free-speech guarantees while racist and sexist verbal assaults are not.The rising tide of verbal violence on college campuses has increased the intensity of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Westview Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
171
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780813384283
SKU
V9780813384283
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About Mari J Matsuda
Richard Delgado, Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
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