Our Democratic First Amendment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23439133 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ashutosh Bhagwat (University of California, Davis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Our Democratic First Amendment (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/9781108676373 |
| OpenAlex | W3125281323 |
| Open Library | OL34752877M |
| ISBN | 9781108676373 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
The First Amendment to the US Constitution protects free speech, freedom of the press, freedom of association and assembly, and the right to petition the government. Why did the Framers protect these particular rights? What role were these rights intended to play in our democracy? And what force do they retain in today's world? In this highly readable account, Ashutosh Bhagwat explores the answers to these questions. The first part of the book looks at the history of the First Amendment, early political conflicts over its meaning, and the lessons to be learned from those events about the nature of our system of government. The second part applies those lessons to our modern, fractious democracy as it has evolved in the age of the Internet and social media. Now as then, the key to maintaining that democracy, it turns out, is an active citizenry that fully embraces the First Amendment.
Bill of rights · Constitution · Democracy · Epistemology · First amendment · Freedom of association · Government (linguistics) · Meaning (existential) · Original meaning · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Supreme court · American Political and Social Dynamics · Law · Law, Rights, and Freedoms · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Philosophy · Political participation · united states
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |