The revolution in freedoms of press and speech from Blackstone to the First Amendment and Fox's Libel Act

The revolution in freedoms of press and speech from Blackstone to the First Amendment and Fox's Libel Act

"This book discusses the revolutionary broadening of concepts of freedom of press and freedom of speech in Great Britain and in America in the late eighteenth century, in the period that produced state declarations of rights and then the First Amendment and Fox's Libel Act. The conventiona...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bird, Wendell R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Resource
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2020]
Subjects:
Blackstone, William > 1723-1780.
Mansfield, William Murray > Earl of > 1705-1793.
United States. > 1st Amendment. > Constitution.
Freedom of expression > Electronic books > Great Britain.
Freedom of expression > United States.
Freedom of speech > Great Britain.
Freedom of speech > United States.
Freedom of the press > Great Britain.
Freedom of the press > United States.
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