From public aid to parochial schools to censorship of library books, Americans are intensely interested in their expressive rights of speech, press, assembly and religion. They are also concerned about censorship, tolerance of pornography and obscenity, and about their security in a post 9-11 world.
In the first work of its kind, this new and exciting two-volume reference comprehensively examines all the freedoms in the First Amendment, including free speech, press, assembly, petition, and religion. Encyclopedia of the First Amendment covers the political, historical, and cultural significance of the First Amendment. It provides exclusive, singular focus on what most people consider the essential elements of the Bill of Rights and the basic liberties that Americans enjoy.
Arranged in traditional A to Z encyclopedia format, this work traces themes like expressive rights in American political and legal history, in American political thought and social movements, in political and popular culture, and in the arts, along with the classic tensions between freedom of the individual and maintenance of political order.
The set also features a timeline, a selection of primary documents in the appendixes, a bibliography, and subject and case indexes.
Bio(s)
John Vile, Middle Tennessee State University
John R. Vile is professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at Middle Tennessee State University. A graduate of the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia, he has written numerous articles, essays, and reviews and is the author or editor of more than a dozen books and a CD-ROM. His books include Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments; Proposed Amendments and Amending Issues (2d ed., forthcoming); A Companion to the U.S. Constitution and Its Amendments (3d ed.); Great American Lawyers (2 vols.); and Great American Judges (2 vols., forthcoming). He is also a contributor to the third editon of CQ's Guide to the Presidency (CQ Press).
David Schultz
David Schultz has authored eighteen books and forty articles on law, legal theory, and American politics. He has edited or co-edited four encyclopedias, including the Encyclopedia of American Law, The Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court, and the Encyclopedia of the Public Administration and Public Policy.David Hudson, American Bar Association
David Hudson is an attorney and serves as the First Amendment contributing editor for the American Bar Association’s Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases. He is the author or co-author of several books examining students’ First Amendment rights.
