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Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment
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A crucial and compelling account of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the landmark Supreme Court case that redefined libel, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning legal journalist Anthony Lewis. 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 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.
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| Weight | 0.30645 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2.0066 × 13.1064 × 20.2438 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 368 |
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| Year Published | 1992-9-1 |
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| Publication City/Country | USA |
| ISBN 10 | 0679739394 |
| About The Author | Anthony Lewis was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who transformed American legal journalism. He is the author of Gideon’s Trumpet which concerned Gideon v. Wainwright, the 1963 decision that guaranteed lawyers to poor defendants charged with serious crimes. His book Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment is an account of New York Times v. Sullivan, the 1964 Supreme Court decision that revolutionized American libel law. Lewis was a New York Times reporter at the Supreme Court from 1957 to 1964 and wrote an Op-Ed column for thirty years called “At Home Abroad” or “Abroad at Home” depending on where he was writing from . He also taught at the Harvard Law School where he was a Lecturer on Law from 1974 to 1989. He has also been the James Madison Visiting Professor at Columbia University. Anthony Lewis died in 2013 at the age of 85. |
“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 |
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| Table Of Content | 1. Heed Their Rising Voices 2. Reaction in Montgomery3. Separate and Unequal4. The Trial5. Silencing the Press6. The Meaning of Freedom7. The Sedition Act8. World War I9. Holmes and Brandeis, Dissenting10. “The Vitalizing Liberties”11. To the Supreme Court12. “There Never Is a Time”13. May It Please the Court14. “The Central Meaning of the First Amendment”15. What It Meant16. Inside the Court17. Public and Private18. “The Dancing Has Stopped”19. Back to the Drawing Board20. EnvoiAppendix 1: First Draft of Justice Brennan’s Opinion in New York Times Co. v. SullivanAppendix 2: Opinions in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan by Justices Brennan, Black, and Goldberg |
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