The First Amendment, Third Edition

Featured in the Third Edition:

An up-to-date, in-depth, and cogent treatment of First Amendment issues, with a 75/25 split in coverage between speech and religion;

A balance of historical, theoretical, and practical approaches;

The highly regarded authorship of the very successful casebook, Constitutional Law, Fifth Edition;

Numerous well-crafted problems with which students can practice applying legal principles in hypothetical situations.

New to the Third Edition:

Major new cases;

Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union on the constitutionality of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA);

Virginia v. Black on content-based restrictions on freedom of expression;

U.S. v. American Library Association and Randall v. Sorrell on content-neutral restrictions;

Eldred v. Ashcroft on freedom of the press and the Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA);

New materials on the Establishment clause and the Free Exercise clause;

Updated notes on recent scholarship concerning free speech and the religion clauses.

Whether you use First Amendment, Third Edition, as a stand-alone text in a First Amendment elective, or as a supplement in a Constitutional Law course, this outstanding author team will illuminate your coverage of First Amendment topics with their passion and erudition.