Book contents
- The Prophet of Modern Constitutional Liberalism
- The Prophet of Modern Constitutional Liberalism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I Mill and His Place in the Liberal Tradition
- Part II Mill and the Constitution
- 4 Constitutional Liberties before Mill
- 5 The Intellectual Origins of the Right to Privacy
- 6 Mill and Modern Freedom of Expression
- 7 A New Equality
- Index
6 - Mill and Modern Freedom of Expression
from Part II - Mill and the Constitution
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 April 2020
Book contents
- The Prophet of Modern Constitutional Liberalism
- The Prophet of Modern Constitutional Liberalism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I Mill and His Place in the Liberal Tradition
- Part II Mill and the Constitution
- 4 Constitutional Liberties before Mill
- 5 The Intellectual Origins of the Right to Privacy
- 6 Mill and Modern Freedom of Expression
- 7 A New Equality
- Index
Summary
If Mill is insufficiently credited for the influence he has had on the right to privacy, he is generally acknowledged as one of the premier architects of our modern understanding of freedom of speech. Chapter 2 of On Liberty, entitled “Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion,” is widely acknowledged as the single most influential defense of a capaciously generous theory of freedom of speech and press anywhere in modern liberal political thought. No one has influenced the development of modern First Amendment freedom of speech as deeply or as broadly as has Mill.
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- The Prophet of Modern Constitutional LiberalismJohn Stuart Mill and the Supreme Court, pp. 100 - 119Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020