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The First Amendment

Current Issues

First Amendment Blog, LawProf Blog Network

First Amendment Blog, The New York Times

First Amendment News & Commentary, Freedom Forum

First Amendment Articles, USA Today

Books & Periodicals

First Amendment Law Review, University of North Carolina School of Law

First Amendment Studies, Taylor & Francis Online (available to TAMU Law students, faculty & staff only)

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, William & Mary Law School

This is a very small sampling of the library's holdings on the First Amendment. To find more books and ebooks, just search the library catalog using the title phrase "First Amendment", or ask a reference librarian for help.

Abrams, Floyd, Friend of the court: on the front lines with the First Amendment, Yale University Press (2013)

  • Available in the Dee J. Kelly Law Library at call number KF4770 .A273 2013

Barron, Jerome A., First Amendment law in a nutshell, Thomson/West (2008)

  • Available in the Dee J. Kelly Law Library at call number KF4770 .Z9 B37 2008

Blasi, Vincent, Ideas of the First Amendment, Thomson/West (2012)

  • Available in the Dee J. Kelly Law Library at call number KF4770 .A7 B53 2012

Blumberg, Philip I., Repressive jurisprudence in the early American republic: the First Amendment and the legacy of English law, Cambridge University Press (2010)

  • Available in the Dee J. Kelly Law Library at call number KF9397 .B58 2010

Kristopher, Maria, In light of the people we speak: a progressive history of the First Amendment, Wolf Legal Publishers (2010)

  • Available in the Dee J. Kelly Law Library at call number KF4772 .K75 2010

Lind, Nancy S., First Amendment rights: an encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO (2013)

  • Available in the Dee J. Kelly Law Library at call number KF4770 .L55 2013

Neuborne, Burt, Madison's music: on reading the First Amendment, The New Press (2015)

  • Available in the Dee J. Kelly Law Library at call number KF4558 1st .N49 2015

Smith, Craig R., A First Amendment profile of the Supreme Court, John Cabot University Press (2011)

  • Available in the Dee J. Kelly Law Library at call number KF8742 .F57 2011

Tsai, Robert L., Eloquence and reason: creating a First Amendment culture, Yale University Press (2008)

  • Available in the Dee J. Kelly Law Library at call number KF4770 .T82 2008

Vile, John R., Encyclopedia of the First Amendment, CQ Press (2009)

  • Available in the Dee J. Kelly Law Library at call number KF4770 .E53 2009

Weaver, Russell, Understanding the First Amendment, LexisNexis Matthew Bender (2009)

  • Available in the Dee J. Kelly Law Library at call number KF4770 .W42 2009