Suggested Further Readings
Chafee, Zechariah.The Blessings of Liberty. Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1956.
Laski, Harold Joseph.Liberty in the Modern State. New York and London: Harper & Bros., 1930.
Levy, Leonard W.Legacy of Suppression: Freedom of Speech and Press in Early American History. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1960.
Lippmann, Walter.Essays in the Public Philosophy. New York: New American Library Mentor Books, 1956.
Meiklejohn, Alexander.Political Freedom: The Constitutional Powers of the People. New York: Harper & Bros., 1960.
Mill, John S.On Liberty, ed. Currin V. Shields. Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill Library of Liberal Arts, 1956.
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Francis Canavan has written widely on political theory. His numerous books and articles include The Ethical Dimension of Political Life, Freedom of Expression: Purpose as Limit, Edmund Burke: Prescription and Providenceand, most recently, The Pluralist Game: Pluralism, Liberalism and the Moral Conscience.His articles have appeared in many publications including America, Human Life Review, Modern Age, Review of Politics, and Theological Studies.
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Canavan, F. Speech that matters. Soc 36, 11–15 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02685981
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