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

by Mari J. Matsuda, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Richard Delgado, Charles R. Lawrence, III

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In this book, the authors, all legal scholars from the tradition of critical race theory start from the experience of injury from racist hate speech and develop a theory of the first amendment that recognizes such injuries. In their critique of "first amendment orthodoxy", the authors argue that only a history of racism can explain why defamation, invasion of privacy and fraud are exempt from free-speech guarantees but racist verbal assault is not.--

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A fantastic study of racial slurs that rather effectively argues for legal consequences for racist acts and words.

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Mari J. Matsuda received her B. A. from Arizona State University, her J. D. from the University of Hawaii, and her LL. M. from Harvard University. She has taught at the University of Hiroshima, Stanford University, the University of Hawaii, University of California at Los Angeles and at Georgetown University's Law Center. Matsuda has written show more articles on hate speech, affirmative action and feminist concerns. Her books include "We Won't Go Back" and "Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech and the First Amendment," both of which were written with her husband, Charles R, Lawrence. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Richard Delgado is University Distinguished Professor and Derrick Bell Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
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Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, and the First Amendment

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Politics and Government, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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346.7303Social sciencesLawPrivate LawNorth AmericaUnited StatesTopics of private law
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KF9345 .W67LawLaw of the United StatesLaw of the United States (Federal)Criminal law
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