Bird, Wendell R.,
The revolution in freedoms of press and speech : from Blackstone to the First Amendment and Fox's libel act / Wendell Bird. - 1 online resource (400 pages). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
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.
Specialized.
9780197509227 (ebook) : No price
Blackstone, William, 1723-1780.
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793.
United States. 1st Amendment. Constitution.
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.
K3253 / .B57 2020
342.410853
The revolution in freedoms of press and speech : from Blackstone to the First Amendment and Fox's libel act / Wendell Bird. - 1 online resource (400 pages). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
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.
Specialized.
9780197509227 (ebook) : No price
Blackstone, William, 1723-1780.
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793.
United States. 1st Amendment. Constitution.
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.
K3253 / .B57 2020
342.410853