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  A Guide to Regulating Panhandling  

TABLE OF CONTENTS  ______

Part I   LEGAL BACKGROUND

Introduction (James Q. Wilson)

A. Uncertainty and development of law

B. Vagrancy and its problems

C. Panhandling and free speech

1. Public forums and other public property

2. Time, place, and manner restrictions

3. Expressive conduct

4. Commercial speech

D. Outright prohibition of panhandling

Part II   RESTRICTIONS IN PAST AND PENDING CASES

Introduction (George L. Kelling)

Statutory language in specific cases

1. Complete ban

2. Accosting while soliciting

3. Obstructing traffic

4. Particular places

a) Airports

b) Post offices

c) State fairs

d) Subways

Part III   SUGGESTED ORDINANCE