First Amendment Protection for the High School Punster and William Shakespeare.

Bosmajian, Haig

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ERIC Number: EJ329536

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Publication Date: 1986

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First Amendment Protection for the High School Punster and William Shakespeare.

Bosmajian, Haig

English Journal, v75 n3 p67-71 Mar 1986

Discusses a court case involving a student's use of puns in an assembly speech, Shakespeare's use of puns, the relationship between banning offensive words and the censorship of ideas, and the difficulty with placing a ban on the expression of "indecent" puns and double entendre and of deciding what is "appropriate." (EL)

Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Court Litigation, English Instruction, Freedom of Speech, Intellectual Freedom, Language Usage, Moral Issues, Puns, Secondary Education, Speech Communication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: First Amendment

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