Volume 1: Part 1 Overview: freedom of speech, Larry Alexander. Part 2 Justificatory theories: a theory of freedom of expression, Thomas Scanlon; persuasion, autonomy and freedom of expression, David Strauss; scope of the first amendment, Edwin C. Baker; the value of free speech, Martin H. Redish; neutral principles and some first amendment problems, Robert H. Bork; free speech justifications, Kent Greenawalt; epistemic paternalism -communication control in law, Alvin I. Goldman; review essay - the impossibility of a free speech principle, Larry Alexander and Paul Horton; must speech be special?, Frederick Schauer. Part 3 Focus - action regulated or government reason: flag desecration -a case study in the roles of categorizing and balancing in the first amendment analysis, John Hart Ely; trouble on tract two -incidental regulations of speech and free speech theory, Larry Alexander; legal, theory, low value speech, Larry Alexander; free speech and speaker's intent, Larry Alexander. Volume 2: Part 1 Content and categories: restrictions of speech because of its content - the peculiar case of subject matter, Geoffrey R. Stone; content regulation and the first amendment, Geoffrey R. Stone; categories and the first amendment - a play in three acts, Frederick Schauer; uncoupling free speech, Frederick Schauer. Part 2 The concepts of the public forum and public discourse: between governance and management - the history and theory of the public forum, Robert C. Post; constitutional concept of public discourse - outrageous opinion, democratic deliberation and Hustler Magazine-v-Falwell, Robert C. Post. Part 3 Insults and incitements: insults and epithets - are they protected speech?, Kent Greenawalt; racist speech, democracy and the first amendment, Robert C. Post; banning hate speech and the sticks and stones defence, Larry Alexander; incitement and freedom of speech, Larry Alexander. Part 4 Speech and the affirmative state: government subsidies and free expression, Martin H. Redish and Daryl I. Kessler; the Supreme Court comment - principles, institutions and the first amendment, Frederick Schauer.