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Anders on The “Fighting Words” Doctrine @KellyLynnAnders

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Kelly Lynn Anders, Jackson County Law Library, Inc., has published The ‘Fighting Words Doctrine’ at 75: Why It Still Lacks Punch at Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 19 (January 2018). Here is the abstract.

This essay provides a detailed overview of the preeminent case, decided 75 years ago (as of 2017), that first discussed the existence of the “Fighting Words Doctrine,” along with additional interpretations of the doctrine and where it currently falls within the realm of Free Speech.

Download the essay from SSRN at the link.