TY  - BOOK
AB  - 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.
AU  - Piety, Tamara R.
CN  - KF4772
CN  - KF4772
CY  - Ann Arbor :
DA  - ©2012.
ID  - 1380696
KW  - Corporate speech
KW  - Freedom of speech
KW  - Advertising laws
KW  - Advertising laws.
KW  - Corporate speech.
KW  - Freedom of speech.
KW  - Redefreiheit
N2  - 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.
PB  - University of Michigan Press,
PP  - Ann Arbor :
PY  - ©2012.
SN  - 9780472117925
SN  - 0472117920
T1  - Brandishing the First Amendment :commercial expression in America /
TI  - Brandishing the First Amendment :commercial expression in America /
ER  -