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The revolution in freedoms of press and speech : from Blackstone to the First Amendment and Fox's libel act / Wendell Bird.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (400 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197509227.Subject(s): Freedom of the press -- Great Britain
| Freedom of the press -- United States | Freedom of speech -- Great Britain | Freedom of speech -- United States | Freedom of expression -- Great Britain | Freedom of expression -- United States | United States. Constitution. 1st Amendment | Blackstone, William, 1723-1780 | Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 | Law | Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of lawAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197509197DDC classification: 342.410853 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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