Protecting the Best Men An Interpretive History of the Law of Libel |
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| Author:
| Rosenberg, Norman L. |
| Series title: | Studies in Legal History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-4290-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1990 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $60.00 |
Book Description:
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From the trial of John Peter Zenger in the eighteenth century to the libel cases of William Westmoreland and Ariel Sharon, political defamation cases have attracted considerable attention. As Norman Rosenberg shows, cases like these raise fundamental questions about how much criticism of public leaders a supposedly open, liberal society will permit.
From the trial of John Peter Zenger in the eighteenth century to the libel cases of William Westmoreland and Ariel Sharon, political defamation cases have attracted considerable attention. As Norman Rosenberg shows, cases like these raise fundamental questions about how much criticism of public leaders a supposedly open, liberal society will permit.