Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment - Rilegato

Lewis, Anthony

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ISBN 10: 039458774X ISBN 13: 9780394587745

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 1991

Riassunto

Chronicles the landmark case which changed the interpretation of the First Amendment and explores the meaning and intent of writings by Madison, Jefferson, and others on free speech

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Recensione:

“A riveting detailed account...[Make No Law] is nothing less than a comprehensive history of free speech in America.”—Philadelphia Inquirer

“Superbly written... a compelling drama that clearly places the Sullivan decision in the context of the court's still evolving notions of free speech and fully illuminates the constitutional principles at stake...an essential guide.” —Boston Globe
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endment puts it this way: "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." Yet, in 1960, a city official in Montgomery, Alabama, sued The New York Times for libel -- and was awarded $500,000 by a local jury -- because the paper had published an ad critical of Montgomery's brutal response to civil rights protests. The centuries of legal precedent behind the Sullivan case and the U.S. Supreme Court's historic reversal of the original verdict are expertly chronicled in this gripping and wonderfully readable book by the Pulitzer Prize -- winning legal journalist Anthony Lewis. It is our best account yet of a case that redefined what newspapers -- and ordinary citizens -- can print or say.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 039458774X
• ISBN 13: 9780394587745
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 354