The Inquiring Mind

by Zechariah Chafee Jr.

1928. These essays on liberty and other constitutional problems were written for the general reader and endeavor to avoid technicalities in the text, but footnote references to statutes, decisions, and other sources have been inserted for the convenience of those who wish to pursue further the inquiries suggested. Mr. Chafee's purpose was to outline problems and state difficulties rather than furnish final solutions. Partial freedom of speech and states' rights; Milwaukee leader case; Rand school case; compulsory confessions; Gitlow case; Bimba case; freedom of the city; labor injunction; strike injunctions; state and it's rivals; liberty under socialism; British empire; Woodrow Wilson; John Marshall; economic interpretation of judges.

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First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Zechariah Chafee, Jr. (December 7, 1885 – February 8, 1957) was an American Professor of Law, judicial philosopher and civil rights advocate. Defending freedom of speech, he was described by Senator Joseph McCarthy as "dangerous" to the United States. Legal scholar Richard Primus called Chafee “possibly the most important First Amendment scholar of the first half of the twentieth century.

Chafee wrote several works about civil liberties.