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- Title
HATE SPEECH, FIGHTING WORDS, AND BEYOND--WHY AMERICAN LAW IS UNIQUE.
- Authors
O'Neil, Robert M.
- Abstract
The article offers information on the development of law for hateful and offensive speech under the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama in the U.S. It explores Obama's effort for supporting the right to free speech under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It discusses two cases of the U.S. Supreme Court Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire and Cohen v. California regarding introduction of fighting words doctrine for freedom of speech.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HATE speech laws; UNITED States politics &; government; OBAMA, Barack, 1961-; FREEDOM of speech; UNITED States. Constitution. 1st Amendment; UNITED States. Supreme Court; COHEN v. California
- Publication
Albany Law Review, 2013, Vol 76, Issue 1, p467
- ISSN
0002-4678
- Publication type
Article