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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendmentby Anthony Lewis
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The First Amendment 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. Review:"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 Review:“A riveting detailed account...[Make No Law] is nothing less than a comprehensive history of free speech in America.”Philadelphia Inquirer Review:“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 Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents1. Heed Their Rising Voices 2. Reaction in Montgomery 3. Separate and Unequal 4. The Trial 5. Silencing the Press 6. The Meaning of Freedom 7. The Sedition Act 8. World War I 9. Holmes and Brandeis, Dissenting 10. “The Vitalizing Liberties” 11. To the Supreme Court 12. “There Never Is a Time” 13. May It Please the Court 14. “The Central Meaning of the First Amendment” 15. What It Meant 16. Inside the Court 17. Public and Private 18. “The Dancing Has Stopped” 19. Back to the Drawing Board 20. Envoi Appendix 1: First Draft of Justice Brennan’s Opinion in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan Appendix 2: Opinions in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan by Justices Brennan, Black, and Goldberg What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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