Civil liberties

Espejo, Roman, 1977- (Added Author).

Summary: A collection of essays debating personal freedom and expression, the effects of technology on privacy and how war has affected civil liberties.

Record details

ISBN: 9780737743562 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780737743555 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0737743565 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0737743557 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Should limits be placed on freedom of expression? Free speech should not be regulated / Oliver Kamm ; Free speech has limits / Steven J. Heyman ; Hate speech should be regulated / Liam Martin ; Hate speech should not be regulated / Jonathan Gallagher ; Hate speech on the internet should be regulated / Ronald Eissens ; Hate speech on the internet should not be regulated / Sandy Starr ; Flag desecration should be restricted / Richard D. Parker ; Flag desecration should not be restricted / Robyn Coffey -- Should Church and State be separate? Church and State should be separate / Americans United for Separation of Church and State ; Church and State should not be separate / Daniel L. Dreisbach ; More faith-based charitable organizations should receive federal funds / George W. Bush ; Federally supported faith-based charitable organizations should not promote religion / Richard B. Katskee ; Posting the Ten Commandments in public areas is constitutional / Antonin Scalia ; Posting the Ten Commandments in public areas is unconstitutional / Jacob Rolls -- Does technology threaten privacy? Technology threatens privacy / David H. Holtzman ; Technology should not be blamed for all privacy threats / Michael Turner ; Public surveillance cameras violate privacy / Laurent Belsie ; Public surveillance cameras increase security / John Edwards -- How has the war on terrorism affected civil liberties? The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act infringes on civil liberties / Philip Giraldi ; The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act does not infringe on civil liberties / U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security ; Ethnic and religious profiling is necessary / Carl F. Horowitz ; Ethnic and religious profiling violates civil liberties / Chisun Lee.