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Finding Jefferson : a lost letter, a remarkable discovery, and the First Amendment in an age of terrorism
- Title
- Finding Jefferson : a lost letter, a remarkable discovery, and the First Amendment in an age of terrorism / Alan Dershowitz.
- Author
- Dershowitz, Alan M.
- Publication
- Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2008.
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- Description
- xi, 244 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-233) and index.
- Contents
- My passion for collecting -- My passions for freedom of speech, criminal law, and Thomas Jefferson -- Finding the Jefferson letter -- The provenance of the Jefferson-Broadman letter -- Where we have come since 1826 -- Jefferson's first argument : an expressed opinion can never constitute an overt act -- Jefferson's second argument : if conscience is the umpire then each judge's conscience will govern -- Jefferson's third argument : we have nothing to fear from the demoralizing reasonings of some, if others are left free to demonstrate their errors -- Jefferson's fourth argument : the law stands ready to punish the first criminal act produced by the false reasoning? -- Jefferson's fifth argument : "these are safer correctives than the conscience of a judge" -- Jefferson's views on the terrorism of his era -- Jefferson's actions in the Burr case -- Jefferson's views on torture, habeus corpus, and other issues currently debated in the context of terrorism -- How would Jefferson strike the balance between freedom of speech and prevention of terrorism? -- My view, as influenced by Jefferson and the experiences of our time.
- Call Number
- IBC 08-2919
- ISBN
- 9780470182574 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0470182571 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780470167113 (hbk.)
- 0470167114 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2007035542
- OCLC
- 167513513
- Author
- Dershowitz, Alan M.
- Title
- Finding Jefferson : a lost letter, a remarkable discovery, and the First Amendment in an age of terrorism / Alan Dershowitz.
- Imprint
- Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-233) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- IBC 08-2919