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The First Amendment book / Robert J. Wagman ; foreword by Burl Osborne ; an introductory note by Loren Ghiglione.

Title
The First Amendment book / Robert J. Wagman ; foreword by Burl Osborne ; an introductory note by Loren Ghiglione.
Author
Wagman, Robert J.
Publication
New York : World Almanac, 1991.

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Description
xvi, 265 p. : ill.; 18 cm.
Summary
Explains the origin and history of the First Amendment, discussing its guarantee of freedom of the press, tracing its evolution, and containing firsthand accounts of press freedom challenges by top newspaper editors.
Subject
  • United States
  • Freedom of speech > United States
  • Freedom of religion > United States
  • Freedom of the press > United States
  • Assembly, Right of > United States
  • Constitutional amendments > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-259) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
No prior restraints -- The birth of the First Amendment -- Press and speech freedom : the first hundred years -- Press and speech freedom : the second hundred years -- Defining the essential terms -- Limits on freedom of expression -- Broadcast speech -- Limits on freedom of the press : libel -- Other limits on freedom of the press -- The First Amendment and obscenity -- The other First Amendment guarantees : freedom of religion -- The other First Amendment guarantees : freedom of petition, assembly, and association.
ISBN
088687517X
LCCN
^^^90024336^
OCLC
  • 22810598
  • SCSB-10479193
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library