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Abrams v. United States

Further Readings



  • Cohen, Jeremy. Congress Shall Make No Law: Oliver Wendell Holmes, the First Amendment and Judicial Decision Making. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1989.
  • Johnson, John W. Historic U.S. Court Cases, 1690-1990: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 2. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992.
  • Kalven, Harry. A Worthy Tradition: Freedom of Speech in America. New York: Harper & Row, 1988.
  • Murphy, Paul. World War I and the Origin of Civil Liberties in the United States. New York: Norton, 1979.
  • Polenberg, Richard. Fighting Faiths: The Abrams Case, the Supreme Court, and Free Speech. New York, Viking, 1987.
  • Semonche, John E. Charting the Future: The Supreme Court Responds to a Changing Society, 1890-1920. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1978.
  • Smith, Donald L. Zechariah Chafee, Jr.: Defender of Liberty and Law. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1986.

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Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationNotable Trials and Court Cases - 1918 to 1940Abrams v. United States - Significance, In Uncharted Territory, Creating The Surveillance State, Anarchists And War, Trial And Appeal