Free speech beyond words is a genuine intellectual feast by its serious consideration of topics at the periphery of most analyses of the first amendment such as abstract art or nonsensical speech it provides deeply illuminating analyses of the wherefores and whys of protecting expression against governmental regulation in addition perhaps because of the topics the essays are simply fun to read as well sanford levinsonauthor of an argument open to all reading the . While it is firmly centered in debates about first amendment issues it addresses them in a novel way using subject matter that is uniquely well suited to the task and whose constitutional salience has been under explored drawing on existing legal doctrine aesthetics and analytical philosophy three celebrated law scholars show us how and why speech beyond words should be fundamental to . Free speech beyond words the surprising reach of the first amendment mark v tushnet alan k chen and joseph blocher imprint new york new york university press 2017 description vii 261 pages illustrations 24 cm isbn 1479880280 9781479880287 formats book back 0 marked mark options refworks print link email cite request get help holdings in robarts stacks kf4772 . Free speech beyond words the surprising reach of the first amendment by mark v tushnet the supreme court has unanimously held that jackson pollocks paintings arnold schoenbergs music and lewis carrolls poem jabberwocky are unquestionably shielded by the first amendment. Free speech beyond words the surprising reach of the first amendment by tushnet mark v chen alan k blocher joseph used hardcover condition usedgood isbn 10 1479880280 isbn 13 9781479880287 seller