Make no law : the Sullivan case and the First Amendment / Anthony Lewis.

Author/creator Lewis, Anthony
Other author Roberts, Gene, former owner.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Random House, ©1991.
Descriptionxii, 354 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentProgram air date: October 20, 1991
Supplemental ContentO'Connell Notes (PDF)
Supplemental ContentEntire Brian O'Connell Collection
Subjects

Contents Heed their rising voices -- Reaction in Montgomery -- Separate and unequal -- The trial -- Silencing the press -- The meaning of freedom -- The sedition act -- World War I -- Holmes and Brandeis, dissenting -- "The vitalizing liberties" -- To the Supreme Court -- "There never is a time" -- May it please the court -- "The central meaning of the First Amendment" -- What it meant -- Inside the court -- Public and private -- "The dancing has stopped" -- Back to the drawing board? -- Envoi.
Abstract Tells the story of the Sullivan case against the New York Times and the history and evolution of the First Amendment.
Local noteJoyner Rare copy includes notes and marginal markings by Gene Roberts.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 329-340) and index.
Digital Bookplate Bookplate for Gene and Susan Roberts
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy Gift of Gene and Susan Roberts, 2016.
Issued in other formOnline version: Lewis, Anthony, 1927- Make no law. 1st ed. New York : Random House, ©1991
Genre/formTrials, litigation, etc.
Genre/formSullivan, L.B.
LCCN 91006618
ISBN039458774X
ISBN9780394587745
ISBN0679739394
ISBN9780679739395

Availability

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Joyner Rare Collection KF1266.L48 1991 ✔ Available Request Material