William O. Douglas Prize Explained

The William O. Douglas Prize (also known as the William O. Douglas Award) is given by the Commission on Freedom of Expression of the Speech Communication Association to honor those who contribute to writing about freedom of speech. The Award is named after William O. Douglas, who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1939 to 1975.

Recognition

The William O. Douglas Prize is given by the Commission on Freedom of Expression of the Speech Communication Association to authors.^[1] The prize recognizes distinguished work in the field of writing about the subject of freedom of speech.

Honorees

• 1986 Gloria Steinem^[2]
• 1992 Rodney A. Smolla, Free Speech in an Open Society ^[3]

See also

• Free speech fights
• Freedom of information
• William J. Brennan Award

Further reading

• Book: Cram, Ian . Contested Words: Legal Restrictions on Freedom of Speech in Liberal Democracies . Ashgate Publishing . 2006 . 0-7546-2365-3.
• Book: Curtis, Michael Kent. Free Speech, "The People's Darling Privilege": Struggles for Freedom of Expression in American History. 2000. Duke University Press. 0-8223-2529-2.
• Book: Godwin, Mike . Mike Godwin . 2003 . . MIT Press. 0-262-57168-4.
• Book: Grossman, Wendy M.. Wendy M. Grossman. 1997. Net.wars. NYU Press. 0-8147-3103-1.
• Book: Krotoszynski, Ronald J. . The First Amendment in Cross-Cultural Perspective: A Comparative Legal Analysis of the Freedom of Speech . NYU Press . 2009 . 978-0-8147-4825-1.
• Book: McLeod, Kembrew. Kembrew McLeod. Freedom of Expression: Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property. University of Minnesota Press. 2007. 978-0-8166-5031-6.
• Book: Nelson, Samuel P. . . The Johns Hopkins University Press . 2005 . 0-8018-8173-0.

Notes and References

1. Book: Smolla, Rodney A. . Smolla and Nimmer on Freedom of Speech. 1994. Irwin Professional Publishing. Author bio. 0256147957. Rodney A. Smolla. Melville B. Nimmer. Melville B. Nimmer.
2. Web site: William O. Douglas, Public Counsel, 1986 Smith College Finding Aids . 2023-08-10 . findingaids.smith.edu.
3. Book: The Best American Legal Commentary 2005 . Rosemary Passantino . 187 . Universal-Publishers . 2005 . 1581124740.