(Izdošanas datums: 07-Jan-2020, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9780674243880)
In the first complete account of prosecutions under the Alien and Sedition Acts, dozens of previously unknown cases come to light, revealing the lengths to which the John Adams administration went in order to criminalize dissent.The campaign to prose...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Oct-2019, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191070921)
On the lapse of the Licensing Act in 1695, Thomas Macaulay wrote in his History of England, English literature was emancipated, and emancipated for ever, from the control of the government. Its certainly true that the system of prior restraint ens...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 24-Oct-2019, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191070914)
On the lapse of the Licensing Act in 1695, Thomas Macaulay wrote in his History of England, English literature was emancipated, and emancipated for ever, from the control of the government. Its certainly true that the system of prior restraint ens...Lasīt vairāk
What happens to democracy when dissent is treated as treason In May 1798, after Congress released the XYZ Affair dispatches to the public, a raucous crowd took to the streets of Philadelphia. Some gathered to pledge their support for the government o...Lasīt vairāk
What happens to democracy when dissent is treated as treason In May 1798, after Congress released the XYZ Affair dispatches to the public, a raucous crowd took to the streets of Philadelphia. Some gathered to pledge their support for the government o...Lasīt vairāk
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 t...Lasīt vairāk
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 t...Lasīt vairāk
The trial of the seven bishops in 1688 was a signifcant prelude to the Glorious Revolution, as popular support for the bishops led to a widespread welcome for William of Oranges invasion. Their prosecution showed James II at his most intolerant, and...Lasīt vairāk
