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Speech and Silence in American Law by Cambridge University Press (Hardback, 2010)
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This is an edited volume of essays that examines the ideas of speech and silence - particularly their circumstances of use and contexts - in American law.Read more
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| Description | |
| This is an edited volume of essays that examines the ideas of speech and silence - particularly their circumstances of use and contexts - in American law. | |
| Key Features | |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Date of Publication | 31/03/2010 |
| Language | English |
| Format | Hardback |
| ISBN-10 | 0521113377 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780521113373 |
| Subject | National Law: Professional |
| Publication Data | |
| Place of Publication | Cambridge |
| Country of Publication | United Kingdom |
| Imprint | Cambridge University Press |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight | 560 g |
| Width | 152 mm |
| Height | 228 mm |
| Spine | 20 mm |
| Credits | |
| Edited by | Austin Sarat |
| Description | |
| Table Of Contents | Introduction: situating speech and silence Austin Sarat; 1. 'Our word is our bond' Marianne Constable; 2. Our word [or the lack thereof] is our bond: the regulation of silence under contract law Grace Lee; 3. Powell's choice: the law and morality of speech, silence, and resignation by high government officials Louis Michael Seidman; 4. Resignations, the (quasi) plural executive, and a critical assessment of the unitary executive theory Ronald Krotoszynski; 5. Anonymous: on silence and the public sphere Danielle Allen; 6. Silencing by exclusion: a reaction to 'anonymous: on silence and the public sphere' Heather Elliott; 7. Freedom of expression, political fraud and the dilemma of anonymity Martin H. Redish; 8. Anonymity, signaling, and silence as speech Paul Horwitz; 9. Speech, silence, the body Peter Brooks; 10. Torture and Miranda Frederick Vars. |
| Author Biography | Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence Political and Science at Amherst College and Justice Hugo L. Black Senior Faculty Scholar at the University of Alabama School of Law. He is author or editor of more than sixty books, including When the State Kills: Capital Punishment and the American Condition; Something to Believe In: Politics, Professionalism, and Cause Lawyers (with Stuart Scheingold); The Blackwell Companion to Law and Society; and most recently The Road to Abolition?: The Future of Capital Punishment in the United States (with Charles Ogletree Jr). Sarat is editor of the journal Law, Culture and the Humanities and of Studies in Law, Politics and Society. In 1997, he received the Harry Kalven Award, given by the Law and Society Association for distinguished research on law and society. In 2004, he received the Reginald Heber Smith Award, given biennially to honor the best scholarship on the subject of equal access to justice. In 2006, the Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities awarded him the James Boyd White Prize for distinguished scholarly achievement in recognition of his 'innovative and outstanding' work in the humanistic study of law. In 2009 he received the Stan Wheeler Award from the Law & Society Association for distinguished teaching and mentoring. |
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