Emergence of a free press /

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Author / Creator:Levy, Leonard W. (Leonard Williams), 1923-2006
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1985.
Description:xii, 383 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/638345
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Other uniform titles:Levy, Leonard W. (Leonard Williams), 1923-2006. Legacy of suppression.
ISBN:0195035062 : $29.95
Notes:Rev. ed. of: Legacy of suppression. 1960.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 351-372.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Seditious Libel versus Freedom of Expression
  • II. The American Colonial Experience
  • III. A Free Press in the Controversy with Britain
  • IV. Early English Theory: From Milton to "Cato"
  • V. The Free Press Theory of the Zenger Generation
  • VI. On the Eve of the American Revolution
  • VII. From the Revolution to the First Amendment
  • VIII. From the First Amendment to the Sedition Act
  • IX. The Gestation of an American Libertarian Theory
  • X. The Emergence of an American Libertarian Theory
  • Bibliography
  • Index