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Law and Medicine in Revolutionary America

Dissecting the Rush V. Cobbett Trial 1799

Law and Medicine in Revolutionary America( )
Author: Myrsiades, Linda
Series title:Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World Ser.
ISBN:978-1-61146-102-2
Publication Date:May 2012
Publisher:Lehigh University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $121.00
Book Description:

This study focuses on two critical figures in late eighteenth-century America--the physician Benjamin Rush and the journalist William Cobbett-- as they clashed in one of the most important trials of post-revolutionary America, a libel trial that pitted medicine against the press, republicanism against federalism, and privacy against the public welfare.

Book Details
Pages:294
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Law / Defamation
Law / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.28 x 9.25 x 1.1 Inches
Book Weight:1.21 Pounds



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