The Checking Value in First Amendment Theory

AUTHOR
Vincent Blasi
YEAR
1977
ANNOTATION

Blasi provides, in the context of the US First Amendment, the canonical iteration the notion that free speech performs the function of checking governmental abuse of power, and discusses its utility as a consideration in adjudication on free speech issues.

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LANGUAGE
English
RESOURCE TYPE
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http://www.jstor.org/stable/827945
LINKED CONTENT AREA
Democracy and Development
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Blasi, Vincent. "The Checking Value in First Amendment Theory." American Bar Foundation Research Journal 2, no. 3 (1977): 521-649. http://www.jstor.org/stable/827945.