Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - Oxford University, 2012) issued under title: Freedoms of press and speech in the first decade of the U.S. Supreme Court. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The right to dissent, and the growth of freedoms of press and speech in the eighteenth century -- The crime of seditious libel, and England's evisceration of freedoms of press and speech -- The collision of seditious libel and freedoms of press and speech in America's constitutional period -- The initial Supreme Court justices and their views on freedoms of press and speech -- The successor Supreme Court justices and their views on freedoms of press and speech -- The Sedition Act and the assault on freedoms of press and speech : the sitting Supreme Court justices and the trials -- The Sedition Act and the assault on freedoms of press and speech : the missing half of the Sedition Act cases -- The Sedition Act and the assault on freedoms of press and speech : the remaining Supreme Court justices on the Sedition Act -- The Federalist justices and the Republican critics : historical misconceptions about freedom.
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