{"product_id":"when-speech-becomes-a-crime-paperback","title":"When Speech Becomes a Crime - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRaphael Golb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You're under arrest,\" said the policeman pointing a gun at Raphael Golb's face. \"It's about the Dead Sea Scrolls.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn March 5, 2009, Golb, a lawyer practicing in New York, had his computer seized - and his future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book tells the inside story of how prosecutors sought - in a case that lasted nine years - to have Golb imprisoned for engaging in \"annoying\" speech. Reflecting on the various court decisions elicited by the case, Golb poses the crucial question of where the United States today stands regarding a pillar of American democracy: the First Amendment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill forms of expression that stir up controversy again be suppressed, as they were in centuries past? Or will the courts decisively recognize that provocative ways of challenging power must be protected, even when they take us out of our comfort zone?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn sum, will the First Amendment remain the guiding star of our democracy, or has it become a political football, tossed between left and right, at times enforced, at other times ignored or evaded?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpeech has been criminalized through the centuries. But the latest efforts to suppress it, Golb says, must be seen in the context of issues increasingly relevant to our time: the growth of spectacle at the expense of debate; hidden patterns of censorship; the ease with which authority can be abused in a democratic society - and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 372\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044286595378,"sku":"9798218791896","price":27.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/3rVY_PWo6b9798218791896.webp?v=1775515799","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/when-speech-becomes-a-crime-paperback","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}