{"product_id":"confessions-of-a-free-speech-lawyer-9781501749650","title":"Confessions of a Free Speech Lawyer","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the personal and frank \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a Free Speech Lawyer\u003c\/i\u003e, Rodney A. Smolla offers an insider''s view on the violent confrontations in Charlottesville during the summer of hate. Blending memoir, courtroom drama, and a consideration of the unhealed wound of racism in our society, he shines a light on the conflict between the value of free speech and the protection of civil rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmolla has spent his career in the thick of these tempestuous and fraught issues, from acting as lead counsel in a famous Supreme Court decision challenging Virginia''s law against burning crosses, to serving as co-counsel in a libel suit brought by a fraternity against \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e magazine for publishing an article alleging that one of the fraternity''s initiation rituals included gang rape. Smolla has also been active as a university leader, serving as dean of three law schools and president of one and railing against hate speech and sexual assault on US campuses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell befo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's hard to imagine a mayor or police chief who—in planning for the arrival of controversial figures—wouldn't profit from Smolla's account of the cascade of missteps in Charlottesville.\u003c\/p\u003e * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmolla's book is a remarkable examination of the intersection of history, law, speech, violence, and hate. It may be the definitive work on what can be wrought by hate speech and, in the face of that, why free speech remains important.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journalism \u0026amp; Mass Communication Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. A Call from the Task Force\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Charleston Massacre\u003cbr\u003e 3. Becoming Richard Spencer\u003cbr\u003e 4. Reverend Edwards\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Charlottesville Monuments\u003cbr\u003e 6. \u003ci\u003eBlut und Boden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mr. Jefferson's University\u003cbr\u003e 8. Kessler v. Bellamy\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Monuments Debate\u003cbr\u003e 10. Competing Conceptions of Free Speech\u003cbr\u003e 11. May Days\u003cbr\u003e 12. Cue the Klan—Stage Right\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Rise of the Marketplace\u003cbr\u003e 14. Cue the Counterprotesters—Stage Left\u003cbr\u003e 15. A \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone \u003c\/i\u003eGathers No Facts\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Marketplace Doubles Down\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Day of the Clan\u003cbr\u003e 18. When Speech Advances Civil Rights\u003cbr\u003e 19. Duke and the Desciples\u003cbr\u003e 20. The Russian Connection\u003cbr\u003e 21. A Call to Conscience\u003cbr\u003e 22. Preparations\u003cbr\u003e 23. The Day to the Cross\u003cbr\u003e 24. The Idea of the University\u003cbr\u003e 25. Heckler's Veto\u003cbr\u003e 26. Channels of Communication\u003cbr\u003e 27. Rednecks and Saint Paul\u003cbr\u003e 28. The Lawn and the Rotunda\u003cbr\u003e 29. Bloodshed\u003cbr\u003e 30. Aftermath\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409344012631,"sku":"9781501749650","price":21.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501749650.jpg?v=1730506492","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/confessions-of-a-free-speech-lawyer-9781501749650","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}