Lessons in Censorship

How Schools and Courts Subvert Students’ First Amendment Rights

Catherine J. Ross

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$43.50 • £34.95 • €39.00

ISBN 9780674057746

Publication Date: 10/19/2015

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368 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

1 line illustration, 1 map

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Catherine J. Ross is Fred C. Stevenson Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School.

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2016 AESA Critics’ Choice Award, American Educational Studies Association

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