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Overbreadth Doctrine

The Overbreadth Doctrine is a judicial principle in constitutional law that invalidates a statute as unconstitutional if it restricts substantially more speech than necessary to achieve a compelling government interest, thereby chilling protected expression under the First Amendment.

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There Is No First Amendment Overbreadth (but There Are Vague First Amendment Doctrines); Prior Restraints Aren't "Prior"; and "As Applied" Challenges Seek Judicial Statutory Amendments

Larry Alexander · Digital USD (University of San Diego) · 2010 · 28 citations · Full text

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The Correspondence of Lord Overstone

David Spring, Lord Overstone, D. P. O’Brien · The American Historical Review · 1973 · 26 citations

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Bedford and the Structure of Section 7

Hamish Stewart · McGill Law Journal · 2015 · 17 citations · Full text

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The New Meaning of Treason

Whitaker T. Deininger, Rebecca West · The Western Political Quarterly · 1966 · 15 citations

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Overbreadth

Henry Paul Monaghan · The Supreme Court Review · 1981 · 12 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. HS
    Hamish Stewart

    University of Toronto, Canada

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  2. LO
    Lord Overstone

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  3. DS
    David Spring

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  4. RW
    Rebecca West

    Welsh Government, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. WT
    Whitaker T. Deininger

    San Jose State University, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  2. Princeton Public Schools

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  3. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  4. University of San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    1 publications

    28 citations

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  1. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 1 publications · 26 citations

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  2. McGill Law Journal

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  3. The Yale Law Journal

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  4. The Western Political Quarterly

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 1 publications · 10 citations

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