Free Speech and Hate Speech in the United States

Free Speech and Hate Speech in the United States explores the concept and treatment of hate speech in light of escalating social tensions in the global twenty-first century, proposing a shift in emphasis from the negative protection of individual rights toward a more positive support of social equality.

Introduction
1. Defining hate Speech
2. Favoring Human Rights: The International Response
3. Favoring Free Speech: The U.S. Response
4. First Amendment Theories: Arguments and Counter Arguments
5. Social Justice, Recognition Theory, and A New Legal Landscape
6. From R.A.V. v. St. Paul to Matal v. Tam: The Parameters of Restriction
7. Hate Speech and the Internet: Elonis v. U.S.
8. Campus Speech: Hate Speech versus Free Speech
Conclusion