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Article: Rudanko, Juhani. The Forging of Freedom of Speech.(Book Review)
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- International Social Science Review
- Article date:
- September 22, 2005
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Rudanko, Juhani. The Forging of Freedom of Speech. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2003. 148 pp. Paper, $27.00.
According to Juhani Rudanko, this book "explores important aspects of a formative stage in the historical process that was a prerequisite to, and eventually resulted in, the establishment of freedom of expression as a constitutionally protected legal right in the United States" (p. 1). Tapping informal logic, fallacy theory, and the use of rhetorical questions, he examines government documents, laws, and congressional debates in order to clarify the nature of past events and improve theory.
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