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overbreadth doctrine: a standalone construct

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Constitutional law

the rule allowing a law to be struck down on its face when it reaches a substantial amount of protected speech beyond its legitimate scope.

In constitutional law, overbreadth doctrine refers to the rule allowing a law to be struck down on its face when it reaches a substantial amount of protected speech beyond its legitimate scope. This meaning comes from Fallon (1991) in The Yale Law Journal.[1]

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References

Fallon, R. H. (1991). Making Sense of Overbreadth. The Yale Law Journal, 100(4), 853. https://doi.org/10.2307/796710

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