The free press crisis of 1800 : Thomas Cooper's trial for seditious libel / Peter Charles Hoffer.
2011
KF223.C653 H64 2011 (Mapit)
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The free press crisis of 1800 : Thomas Cooper's trial for seditious libel / Peter Charles Hoffer.
Author
Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944-
ISBN
9780700617647 (alk. paper)
0700617647 (alk. paper)
9780700617654 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0700617655 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0700617647 (alk. paper)
9780700617654 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0700617655 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2011.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 149 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
KF223.C653 H64 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
345.73/0231
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Landmark law cases & American society.
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Table of Contents
From the Zenger case to the First Amendment
The Federalists pass a sedition act
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison lead a protest
Thomas Cooper's turn comes
Freedom of the press on trial
The unforeseen (and unintended) consequences of the Sedition Act crisis.
The Federalists pass a sedition act
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison lead a protest
Thomas Cooper's turn comes
Freedom of the press on trial
The unforeseen (and unintended) consequences of the Sedition Act crisis.