@article{1380696,
      recid = {1380696},
      author = {Piety, Tamara R.},
      title = {Brandishing the First Amendment : commercial expression in  America /},
      publisher = {University of Michigan Press,},
      address = {Ann Arbor :},
      pages = {xi, 328 pages ;},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {Over the past two decades, corporations and other  commercial entities have used strategic litigation to win  more expansive First Amendment protections for commercial  speech, from the regulation of advertising to the role  corporate interests play in the political process, most  recently debated in the Supreme Court case of Citizens  United v. Federal Election Commission. Piety argues that  such an expansion of First Amendment speech rights imperils  public health, safety, and welfare; the reliability of  commercial and consumer information; the stability of  financial markets; and the global environment. Beginning  with an evaluation of commonly evoked philosophical  justifications for freedom of expression, she determines  that, while these are appropriate for the protection of an  individual's rights, they should not be applied too  literally to commercial expression because the corporate  person is not the moral equivalent of the human person.  Piety gathers evidence from public relations and marketing,  behavioral economics, psychology, and cognitive studies to  show how overly permissive extensions of First Amendment  protections to commercial expression limit governmental  power to address some of the major social, economic, and  environmental challenges of our time. From publisher  description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1380696},
}