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ERIC Number: EJ260937
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1981
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An Egalitarian Interpretation of the First Amendment.
Shattuck, John H.F.; Byers, Fritz
Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, v16 n2 p377-403 Fall 1981
Argues that First Amendment clauses in the Bill of Rights concerning "freedom of speech or of the press" are separate but parallel clauses intended to protect unique functions of different segments of the public, including the press. Cites Supreme Court decisions that represent an attack on the autonomous functioning of the press. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Confidentiality, Court Litigation, Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Information Sources, Journalism
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: First Amendment
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