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''Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties'' is a nonfiction book by law professor Christopher M. Fairman about freedom of speech, the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, censorship, and use of the word ''fuck'' in society. The book was first published in 2009 by Sphinx as a follow-up on the author's article "Fuck", published in 2007 in the ''Cardozo Law Review''. It cites studies from academics in social science, psychoanalysis, and linguistics. Fairman establishes that most current usages of the word have connotations distinct from its meaning of sexual intercourse. The book discusses the efforts of conservatives in the United States to censor the word from common parlance. The author says that legal precedent regarding its use is unclear because of contradictory court decisions. Fairman argues that once citizens allow the government to restrict the use of specific words, this will lead to an encroachment upon freedom of thought. The book received a mostly favorable reception from news sources and library trade publications. ''Library Journal'' described the book as a sincere analysis of the word and its history of censorship, ''Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries'' called it stimulating, and the ''San Diego Law Review'' said it was thought-provoking. One reviewer said that the book, like the article, was a format for the author to repeatedly use "fuck", rather than actually analyze it from a rigorous perspective. After the book's release, Fairman was consulted by media sources including CNN and ''The New York Times'', as well as the American Civil Liberties Union, on issues surrounding word taboo in society. ==Background== Christopher M. Fairman graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. He taught high-school level history for nine years before returning to his alma mater where he ultimately received his Juris Doctor degree. He worked as a clerk on the Texas Court of Appeals for the Third District for Justice J. Woodfin Jones. Subsequently, he was a clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for Judge Fortunato P. Benavides, and worked for the law firm Weil Gotshal in their office in Dallas. Fairman became a professor at Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law in 2000.〔 He specialized in areas of freedom of speech and word taboo, and earned a reputation as an expert on the subject of legal ethics. Fairman was motivated to conduct research on "fuck" after learning of a Columbus, Ohio, man who was arrested for using the word in an email to a judge in 2004. Fairman delayed writing the article until he received tenure because he was concerned its publication would adversely affect his professional reputation. Nevertheless, his supervisors did not try to convince him to cease research into the topic. Government funding helped finance Fairman's scholarship.〔 His original 2006 article "Fuck" is an analysis of forbidden speech from linguistic and legal perspectives. It covers use of the word in case studies about sexual harassment and education. The article is 74 pages long, and the word ''fuck'' appears over 560 times.〔 According to author Jesse Sheidlower in his book ''The F-Word'', Fairman's work is the first academic article with the title of simply "Fuck". Fairman made his article available as a working paper on the Social Science Research Network website on April 17, 2006. Initially the author unsuccessfully tried to have the article published by providing copies to multiple U.S. law reviews. The ''Kansas Law Review'' rejected his article 25 minutes after receipt.〔 It was published by the ''Cardozo Law Review'' in 2007. The author wrote a follow-up piece in April 2007 titled "Fuck and Law Faculty Rankings". Fairman died on July 22, 2015. At the time of his death, Fairman's 2007 ''Cardozo Law Review'' article, "Fuck" was still classed with the 20 top downloaded works on the Social Science Research Network.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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