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Download full textSneed, Don; Stonecipher, Harry W. – 1989
The ultimate test of the speech-action dichotomy, as it relates to symbolic speech to be considered by the courts, may be the fasting of prison inmates who use hunger strikes to protest the conditions of their confinement or to make political statements. While hunger strikes have been utilized by prisoners for years as a means of protest, it was…
Descriptors: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Communication Research, Court Litigation
Ewbank, Henry L., Ed. – 1983
The six articles in this collection deal with theoretical and practical freedom of speech issues. Topics covered are (1) freedom of expression and the Mormons for the Equal Rights Amendment (R. J. Jensen); (2) the U.S. Supreme Court and the First Amendment (W. A. Linsley); (3) antipornography campaigns (R. McGaffey); (4) the human rights advocacy…
Descriptors: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Communication Research, Community Problems
