Justice Talking From NPR (National Public Radio): Censoring the Web - Leading Advocates Debate Today's Most Controversial Issues (Book & CD) [Box set] [Paperback]

Kathryn Kolbert (Author), Zak Mettger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2002

Prominent attorneys debate web censorship and school vouchers in a compelling new book-and-CD series inspired by the popular National Public Radio program Justice Talking. The New Press is proud to announce a major new collaboration with the National Public Radio series Justice Talking, an acclaimed radio program that features leading attorneys debating controversial contemporary issues. In book-and-CD sets that include the complete audio recordings and transcripts of the Justice Talking shows, overviews of the legal and other arguments relating to each issue, and a variety of primary source materials, the Justice Talking series of publications are unparalleled introductions to the leading debates of our time.

Freedom of speech, one of the most hotly contested issues in America, has entered a new battleground: cyberspace. The very qualities that make the Internet an ideal tool for communication are those that facilitate the exposure of children to potentially harmful material, typically protected for adult use under the First Amendment. Now, in the first volume of a remarkable new book-and-CD series published in conjunction with National Public Radio's acclaimed Justice Talking program, Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, goes head-to-head with Bruce Taylor, executive director of the National Law Center for Children and Families, in a debate about web censorship. Moderated by the popular NPR host Margot Adler, this is a thoughtful, informed discussion of an emotionally charged subject that doubles as a primer for those who want an engaging and accessible way to get up to speed on this cutting-edge issue. The compact disc contains the complete audio recording of the debate; the accompanying book contains the transcript, along with a history of related First Amendment law and a comprehensive overview of the arguments for and against the Communications Decency Act, and other laws regulating sexually explicit material on the web. The book also contains a range of supplementary primary source documents.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

In our multimedia world, this National Public Radio-New Press collaboration on a hot-button constitutional issue should have considerable reader appeal.The concept is simple: NPR's Justice Talking, with moderator Margo Adler, hosts articulate partisans on two sides of a controversial issue. That debate is reproduced here on a compact disc and in a transcript. Then Kolbert, an attorney and the executive producer of Justice Talking, and Mettger add an introduction and relevant primary sources.

The debaters are Nadine Stossen, American Civil Liberties Union president, and Bruce Taylor, executive director of the National Law Center for Children and Families. The primary sources include the Loudoun County (VA) Library case, two of four ACLU v. Reno cases, and the Consumers Union's evaluation of filtering software. Iincludes a helpful glossary and a list of organizations supporting each side of the issue. More volumes are planned--on affirmative action, gun control, the death penalty, and symbolic speech. Mary Carroll
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About the Author

Kathryn Kolbert, executive producer of the Justice Talking radio program, produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, has been recognized many times by the National Law Journal as one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America." Zak Mettger is the author of two juvenile books on the Civil War and co-author of Who Killed George Polk?

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: The New Press; 1st,Book & CD edition (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565847156
• ISBN-13: 978-1565847156
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,040,350 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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