Freedom of Speech on Private Property

The author offers an extensive survey of the most important court decisions that have attempted to delineate the rights of those who want to express their views and those who want to control access to private property. Among the other topics discussed are commercial speech, political advertising, picketing, and pornography. Extensively documented; it contains a selected bibliography, a subject index, and a case index. Written with a legal audience in mind, but may be read with profit by others interested in the topic. For upper levels. Choice

This book offers an informed discussion of the legal issues involved in free speech on private property and examines the important cases that have established precedents for protected forms of speech in quasi-public forums. Following a general introduction to the freedom of speech issue, Freedman explores the evolution of legal thinking on the subject by examining such developments as restrictions on freedom of speech, state action under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, governmental speech restrictions on private property, picketing, petitioning, and electioneering, as well as the issue of pornography under the First Amendment. Throughout, the discussion is presented in a readable yet fully documented format. Guidelines for the regulation of interest groups and their activities on private property are also provided.