| Description |
140 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Bill of Rights
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Bill of Rights (San Diego, Calif.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-134) and index. |
| Summary |
Analyzes the treatment of the press's freedom by the Supreme Court in the twentieth century, defining the breadth and width of this right as an important adjunct to the guarantee of free speech. |
| Contents |
Freedom of the press in eighteenth-century England / David Hume -- An early defense of press freedom in colonial America / Andrew Hamilton -- Defining libel and its defenses / William Blackstone -- Truth becomes a defense for libel / James Kent -- State governments cannot exercise prior restraint / Charles Evans Hughes -- Freedom of the press does not extend to obscenity / William J. Brennan -- Supreme Court sets a new standard for libel / William J. Brennan -- Balacing freedom of the press and the rights of the accused / Tom C. Clarke -- Public and press have a right to attend criminal trials / Warren Burger -- Pentagon papers : the free press vs. government secrecy / the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on the Government and the Press -- Press does not have the right to travel with combat troops / David B. Sentelle -- Patriot Act threatens freedom of the press / the Reporters committee for Freedom of the Press -- Reporters must have the right to keep sources confidential / Daniel Scardino -- Appendix -- Origins of the American Bill of Rights -- Supreme Court cases involving freedom of the press. |
| Subject |
Freedom of the press -- United States.
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Freedom of the press -- History.
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| Added Author |
Hebert, David L.
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