Speech, crime, and the uses of language /

As the respected author of numerous publications in the fields of constitutional law and of law and society, Greenawalt is well qualified to prepare this volume on the use of language as it relates to First Amendment protections. Part 1 explores freedom of speech and the communicative arts, including a discussion of the rationales for such freedom and its boundaries. A second segment looks at crimes and communications, including such topics as threats, fraud, and falsehood. A final part examines the limits the US Constitution places on freedom of speech. Chapters in this section include "General Approaches to First Amendment Interpretation" and "Offensiveness, Emotional Distress, and Diffuse Harms." This volume may be compared with Franklyn S. Haiman's Speech and Law in a Free Society (CH, May'82) and with Henry J. Abraham's Freedom and the Court (CH, Dec'67; 5th ed., 1988). The manuscript is well documented with useful footnotes. Upper-division undergraduates and above. -R. A. Carp, University of Houston