Free Speech and False Speech

Political Deception and Its Legal Limits (Or Lack Thereof)

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Constitutional, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Social Science
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Author: Robert N. Spicer ISBN: 9783319698205
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: March 20, 2018
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Robert N. Spicer
ISBN: 9783319698205
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: March 20, 2018
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This book examines the history of the legal discourse around political falsehood and its future in the wake of the 2012 US Supreme Court decision in *US v. Alvarez *through communication law, political philosophy, and communication theory perspectives. As *US v. Alvarez *confirmed First Amendment protection for lies, Robert N. Spicer addresses how the ramifications of that decision function by looking at statutory and judicial handling of First Amendment protection for political deception. Illustrating how commercial speech is regulated but political speech is not, Spicer evaluates the role of deception in politics and its consequences for democracy in a contemporary political environment where political personalities, partisan media, and dark money donors bend the truth and abuse the virtue of free expression.

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This book examines the history of the legal discourse around political falsehood and its future in the wake of the 2012 US Supreme Court decision in *US v. Alvarez *through communication law, political philosophy, and communication theory perspectives. As *US v. Alvarez *confirmed First Amendment protection for lies, Robert N. Spicer addresses how the ramifications of that decision function by looking at statutory and judicial handling of First Amendment protection for political deception. Illustrating how commercial speech is regulated but political speech is not, Spicer evaluates the role of deception in politics and its consequences for democracy in a contemporary political environment where political personalities, partisan media, and dark money donors bend the truth and abuse the virtue of free expression.

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