{"product_id":"free-speech-beyond-words-the-surprising-reach-of-the-first-amendment-9781479805518","title":"Free Speech Beyond Words: The Surprising Reach of the First Amendment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA look at First Amendment coverage of music, non-representational art, and nonsense\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Supreme Court has unanimously held that Jackson Pollock's paintings, Arnold Schöenberg's music, and Lewis Carroll's poem \"Jabberwocky\" are \"unquestionably shielded\" by the First Amendment. Nonrepresentational art, instrumental music, and nonsense: all receive constitutional coverage under an amendment protecting \"the freedom of speech,\" even though none involves what we typically think of as speech--the use of words to convey meaning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a legal matter, the Court's conclusion is clearly correct, but its premises are murky, and they raise difficult questions about the possibilities and limitations of law and expression. Nonrepresentational art, instrumental music, and nonsense do not employ language in any traditional sense, and sometimes do not even involve the transmission of articulable ideas. How, then, can they be treated as \"speech\" for constitutional purposes? What does the difficulty of that question suggest for First Amendment law and theory? And can law resolve such inquiries without relying on aesthetics, ethics, and philosophy? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComprehensive and compelling, this book represents a sustained effort to account, constitutionally, for these modes of \"speech.\" While it is firmly centered in debates about First Amendment issues, it addresses them in a novel way, using subject matter that is uniquely well suited to the task, and whose constitutional salience has been under-explored. Drawing on existing legal doctrine, aesthetics, and analytical philosophy, three celebrated law scholars show us how and why speech beyond words should be fundamental to our understanding of the First Amendment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark V. Tushnet,Alan K. Chen,Joseph Blocher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479805518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTushnet, Mark V.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMark V. Tushnet\u003c\/b\u003e is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard University and the author of Why the Constitution Matters.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChen, Alan K.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eAlan K. Chen\u003c\/b\u003e is William M. Beaney Memorial Research Chair \u0026amp; Professor of Law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He is the co-author of Public Interest Lawyering: A Contemporary Perspective.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlocher, Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJoseph Blocher\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45254376259699,"sku":"9781479805518","price":39.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_23bdaadd-7655-40e3-acff-5e2f9deb2fc7.jpg?v=1784203522","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/free-speech-beyond-words-the-surprising-reach-of-the-first-amendment-9781479805518","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}