The great dissent, how Oliver Wendell Holmes changed his mind--and changed the history of free speech in America, Thomas Healy
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The great dissent, how Oliver Wendell Holmes changed his mind--and changed the history of free speech in America, Thomas Healy
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-308) and index
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non fiction
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The great dissent
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bibliography
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Thomas Healy
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how Oliver Wendell Holmes changed his mind--and changed the history of free speech in America
Summary
"With the aid of newly discovered letters and confidential memos, law professor Thomas Healy reconstructs ... Holmes's journey from free-speech opponent to First Amendment hero"--Front flap of jacket
Table Of Contents
Prologue: an unexpected visit -- Train fever -- A smart chap -- The habit of intolerance -- Catspawned -- The old ewe and the half-bakes -- "He shoots so quickly" -- Defending sophistries -- Dangerous men -- "They know not what they do" -- The red summer -- "Workers-wake up!" -- A plea for help -- "Quasi in furore" -- Adulation -- "Alone at Laski" -- Epilogue: "I simply was ignorant."
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