Free Speech on America's K12 and College Campuses
Legal Cases from Barnette to Blaine
By (author) Randy Bobbitt
Publication date:
15 October 2018Length of book:
274 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9781498547505
Free Speech on America’s K–12 and College Campuses: Legal Cases from Barnette to Blaine covers the history of legal cases involving free speech issues on K–12 and college campuses, mostly during the fifty-year period from 1965 through 2015. While this book deals mostly with high school and college newspapers, it also covers religious issues (school prayer, distribution of religious materials, and use of school facilities for voluntary Bible study), speech codes, free speech zones, self-censorship due to political correctness, hate speech, threats of disruption and violence, and off-campus speech, including social media. Randall W. Bobbitt provides a representative sampling of cases spread across the five decades and across the subject areas listed above. Recommended for scholars of communication, education, political science, and legal studies.
From 1943 to the present, the First Amendment rights of students from kindergarten to university have often been diminished by adminstrators' decisions. Dr. Bobbitt proves himself to be a highly knowledgeable and trustworthy guide through that contentious terrain.