Freedom of speech in the United States

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Random House, 1985 - Law - 473 pages
This historical development of free-dom of speech from Athens, through Rome, to England and the United States presents comprehensive, up-to-date treatment secure upon a historical First Amendment base that also covers defa-mation and privacy, obscenity, com-mercial speech, prior restraint, free press/fair trial, copyright and broadcast-ing as well as questions of media access.

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The Classical
3
CHAPTER 2
30
THE ADOPTION OF
37
Copyright

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Thomas L. Tedford is Professor of Communication and Theatre, Univer­sity of North Carolina at Greensboro.

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