TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gould,Jon B.
TI  - Speak no evil: the triumph of hate speech regulation 
SN  - 9780226305134 (electronic bk.)
AV  - KF9345 .G68 2005eb
U1  - 345.73/0256 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Hate speech
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Race discrimination
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Freedom of speech
KW  - LAW
KW  - Criminal Law
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-234) and index; Background and chronology -- Theoretical implications -- The rise of hate speech codes -- The courts act -- While they slept -- The triumph of hate speech regulation
N2  - Opponents of speech codes often argue that liberal academics use the codes to advance an agenda of political correctness. But Jon B. Gould's provocative book, based on an enormous amount of empirical evidence, reveals that the real reasons for their growth are to be found in the pragmatic, almost utilitarian, considerations of college administrators. Instituting hate speech policy, he shows, was often a symbolic response taken by university leaders to reassure campus constituencies of their commitment against intolerance. In an academic version of "keeping up with the Joneses," some
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