Confessions of a free speech lawyer : Charlottesville and the politics of hate

Summary: "Confessions of a Free Speech Lawyer is a personal and scholarly examination of the violent confrontations in Charlottesville and the University of Virginia campus in the summer of 2017, focusing on the clash between free speech and protection of civil rights and human dignity"--

Item details

ISBN: 9781501749650
ISBN: 150174965X
ISBN: 9781501749667
ISBN: 9781501749674
Physical Description: print
vi, 351 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A Call from the Task Force -- The Charleston Massacre -- Becoming Richard Spencer -- Reverend Edwards -- The Charlottesville Monuments -- Blut und Boden -- Mr. Jefferson's University -- Kessler v. Bellamy -- The Monuments Debate -- Competing Conceptions of Free Speech -- May Days -- Cue the Klan Stage Right -- The Rise of the Marketplace -- Cue the Counter-Protesters Stage Left -- A Rolling Stone Gathers No Facts -- The Marketplace Doubles Down -- The Day of the Klan -- When Speech Advances Civil Rights -- Duke and the Disciples -- The Russian Connection -- A Call to Conscience -- Preparations -- The Day of the Cross -- The Idea of the University -- Heckler's Veto -- Channels of Communication -- Rednecks and Saint Paul -- The Lawn and the Rotunda -- Bloodshed -- Aftermath.