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Speech, Crime, and the Uses of Language

By: Kent Greenawalt

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Paperback | 17 September 1992

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In this book Greenawalt explores the three-way relationship between the idea of freedom of speech, the law of crimes, and the many uses of language. He begins by considering free speech as a political principle, and after a thorough and incisive analysis of the justifications commonly advanced for freedom of speech, looks at the kinds of communications to which the principle of free speech applies. He then turns to an examination of communications for which criminal liability is fixed. Focusing on threats and solicitations to crime, Greenawalt attempts to determine whether liability for such communications seriously conflicts with freedom of speech. In the second half of the book he goes on to develop the significance of his conclusions for American constitutional law, addressing such questions as what should be considered "speech" within the meaning of the First Amendment, and what tests the courts should employ in deciding whether particular criminal statutes should be held
constitutional. He concludes that the issues are too complex to yield simple solutions, and insists that the protection of the First Amendment can be reduced neither to one justification nor to one all-purpose test of coverage.

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"The topics Greenawalt presents are interesting and have much relevance in today's times....The ideas are good and refreshing."--The Annals of the American Academy of Political Science "So long as someone like Kent Greenawalt is at the scales there is no reason to fear that free speech will be balanced lightly away; Greenawalt's earnest concern for free speech shines through in every case he considers."--Constitutional Commentary "The topics Greenawalt presents are interesting and have much relevance in today's times....The ideas are good and refreshing."--The Annals of the American Academy of Political Science "So long as someone like Kent Greenawalt is at the scales there is no reason to fear that free speech will be balanced lightly away; Greenawalt's earnest concern for free speech shines through in every case he considers."--Constitutional Commentary

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Communicative Acts and Freedom of Speech
Speech, Communication, and Crime	p. 3
Rationales for Freedom of Speech	p. 9
The Boundaries of Speech: What Actions and Restraints Are Significantly Reached by Justifications for Free Speech?	p. 40
Crimes and Communications
Agreements, Offers, Orders, and Criminal Implementation	p. 79
Threats	p. 90
Encouragements to Crime	p. 110
Fraud and Falsehood	p. 130
Offensiveness and Diffuse Harms	p. 141
Regulation of Expressive Activities for Reasons Unrelated to Content and Regulation of Activities That Are Not Inherently Expressive	p. 158
Constitutional Limits on Prohibiting Speech
The First Amendment and Its Interpretation	p. 165
The Developing Law of the Free Speech and Free Press Clauses	p. 186
General Approaches to First Amendment Interpretation	p. 219
Agreements, Offers, Orders, Implementation, and Training	p. 239
Conditional Threats and Offered Inducements	p. 249
Encouragements of Crime	p. 260
Reckless and Negligent Risk That One's Communications Will Cause Criminal Harms	p. 281
Offensiveness, Emotional Distress, and Diffuse Harms	p. 287
Falsity	p. 314
Prohibition Not Ostensibly Directed at the Content of Communications	p. 328
Agreement to Communicate	p. 335
Conclusion	p. 339
Index	p. 343
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