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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0190461624
ISBN-13
9780190461621
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219215462
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
568 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Press and Speech under Assault : The Early Supreme Court Justices, the Sedition Act of 1798, and the Campaign Against Dissent
Subject
United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Civil Rights, United States / General
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
33.7 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2015-025447
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Many people consider their right to free expression as a bulwark against being silenced by government or by private entities and as immunity against after-the-fact consequences of their speech Historians have shown, however, that the American founders--and the legal minds that influenced them--had a narrower perspective on free speech. This exhaustive compendium of the opinions of leading figures of the founding era shows considerable variance in their views it is a valuable resource for free speech scholars."--CHOICE "[Bird's] book provides an important corrective to misinformation or missing information about this important period in First Amendment history."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History, "Many people consider their right to free expression as a bulwark against being silenced by government or by private entities and as immunity against after-the-fact consequences of their speech Historians have shown, however, that the American founders--and the legal minds that influenced them--had a narrower perspective on free speech. This exhaustive compendium of the opinions of leading figures of the founding era shows considerable variance in their views it is a valuable resource for free speech scholars."--CHOICE"[Bird's] book provides an important corrective to misinformation or missing information about this important period in First Amendment history."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History, "Many people consider their right to free expression as a bulwark against being silenced by government or by private entities and as immunity against after-the-fact consequences of their speech Historians have shown, however, that the American founders-and the legal minds that influenced them-had a narrower perspective on free speech. This exhaustive compendium of the opinions of leading figures of the founding era shows considerable variance in their views it is a valuable resource for free speech scholars."--CHOICE, "Many people consider their right to free expression as a bulwark against being silenced by government or by private entities and as immunity against after-the-fact consequences of their speech Historians have shown, however, that the American founders-and the legal minds that influenced them-had a narrower perspective on free speech. This exhaustive compendium of the opinions of leading figures of the founding era shows considerable variance in their views it is a valuable resource for free speech scholars."--CHOICE "[Bird's] book provides an important corrective to misinformation or missing information about this important period in First Amendment history."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History, "Many people consider their right to free expression as a bulwark against being silenced by government or by private entities and as immunity against after-the-fact consequences of their speech Historians have shown, however, that the American founders--and the legal minds that influenced them--had a narrower perspective on free speech. This exhaustive compendium of the opinions of leading figures of the founding era shows considerable variance in their viewsit is a valuable resource for free speech scholars."--CHOICE"[Bird's] book provides an important corrective to misinformation or missing information about this important period in First Amendment history."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
345.73/0231
Table Of Content
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Right to Dissent, and the Growth of Freedoms of Press and Speech in the Eighteenth Century2. The Crime of Seditious Libel, and England's Limitation of Freedoms of Press and Speech3. The Collision of Seditious Libel and Freedoms of Press and Speech in America's Constitutional Period4. The Initial Supreme Court Justices and Their Views on Freedoms of Press and Speech5. The Successor Supreme Court Justices and Their Views on Freedoms of Press and Speech6. The Sedition Act and the Assault on Freedoms of Press and Speech: The Sitting Supreme Court Justices and the Trials7. The Sedition Act and the Assault on Freedoms of Press and Speech: The Missing Half of the Sedition Act Cases8. The Sedition Act and the Assault on Freedoms of Press and Speech: The Remaining Supreme Court Justices on the Sedition Act9. The Federalist Justices and the Republican Critics: Historical Misconceptions About FreedomIndex
Synopsis
The early Supreme Court justices wrestled with how much press and speech is protected by freedoms of press and speech, before and under the First Amendment, and with whether the Sedition Act of 1798 violated those freedoms. This book discusses the twelve Supreme Court justices before John Marshall, their views of liberties of press and speech, and the Sedition Act prosecutions over which some of them presided. The book begins with the views of the pre-Marshall justices about freedoms of press and speech, before the struggle over the Sedition Act. It finds that their understanding was strikingly more expansive than the narrow definition of Sir William Blackstone, which is usually assumed to have dominated the period. Not one justice of the Supreme Court adopted that narrow definition before 1798, and all expressed strong commitments to those freedoms. The book then discusses the views of the early Supreme Court justices about freedoms of press and speech during the national controversy over the Sedition Act of 1798 and its constitutionality. It finds that, though several of the justices presided over Sedition Act trials, the early justices divided almost evenly over that issue with an unrecognized half opposing its constitutionality, rather than unanimously supporting the Act as is generally assumed. The book similarly reassesses the Federalist party itself, and finds that an unrecognized minority also challenged the constitutionality of the Sedition Act and the narrow Blackstone approach during 1798-1801, and that an unrecognized minority of the other states did as well in considering the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. The book summarizes the recognized fourteen prosecutions of newspaper editors and other opposition members under the Sedition Act of 1798. It sheds new light on the recognized cases by identifying and confirming twenty-two additional Sedition Act prosecutions. At each of these steps, this book challenges conventional views in existing histories of the early republic and of the early Supreme Court justices., The early Supreme Court justices wrestled with how much press and speech is protected by freedoms of press and speech, before and under the First Amendment. This book discusses the Supreme Court justices before John Marshall and their confrontations with those freedoms. Its conclusions are surprising about their broad understanding of freedoms of press and speech before 1798, and about their split over the constitutionality of the Sedition Act of 1798. The bookalso summarizes the recognized prosecutions under that law, and then doubles their number by confirming 22 additional prosecutions under the Sedition Act., The early Supreme Court justices wrestled with how much press and speech is protected by freedoms of press and speech, before and under the First Amendment, and with whether the Sedition Act of 1798 violated those freedoms. This book discusses the twelve Supreme Court justices before John Marshall, their views of liberties of press and speech, and the Sedition Act prosecutions over which some of them presided. The book begins with the viewsof the pre-Marshall justices about freedoms of press and speech, before the struggle over the Sedition Act. It finds that their understanding was strikingly more expansive than the narrow definition ofSir William Blackstone, which is usually assumed to have dominated the period. Not one justice of the Supreme Court adopted that narrow definition before 1798, and all expressed strong commitments to those freedoms. The book then discusses the views of the early Supreme Court justices about freedoms of press and speech during the national controversy over the Sedition Act of 1798 and its constitutionality. It finds that, though several of the justices presided overSedition Act trials, the early justices divided almost evenly over that issue with an unrecognized half opposing its constitutionality, rather than unanimously supporting the Act as is generally assumed.The book similarly reassesses the Federalist party itself, and finds that an unrecognized minority also challenged the constitutionality of the Sedition Act and the narrow Blackstone approach during 1798-1801, and that an unrecognized minority of the other states did as well in considering the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. The book summarizes the recognized fourteen prosecutions of newspaper editors and other opposition members under the Sedition Act of 1798. Itsheds new light on the recognized cases by identifying and confirming twenty-two additional Sedition Act prosecutions. At each of these steps, this book challenges conventionalviews in existing histories of the early republic and of the early Supreme Court justices.
LC Classification Number
KF9397.A3281798B57
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