Words That Wound

Words That Wound Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, and the First Amendment

Hardback (29 Aug 2019)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Words, like sticks and stones, can assault; they can injure; they can exclude. In this important book, four prominent legal scholars from the tradition of critical race theory draw on the experience of injury from racist hate speech to develop a first amendment interpretation that recognizes such injuries. In their critique of ?first amendment orth

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Book information

ISBN: 9780367314040
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 346.73034
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 171
Weight: 376g
Height: 158mm
Width: 235mm
Spine width: 17mm