New York Times v. Sullivan: Civil Rights, Libel Law, and the Free Press

(Part of the Landmark Law Cases and American Society Series)

by Melvin I. Urofsky and Kermit L. Hall

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Illuminating a classic case from the turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s, two of America's foremost legal historians--Kermit Hall and Melvin Urofsky--provide a compact and highly readable updating of one of the most memorable decisions in the Supreme Court's canon.

When the New York Times published an advertisement that accused Alabama officials of willfully abusing civil rights activists, Montgomery police commissioner Lester Sullivan...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0700618031

ISBN13:9780700618033

Release Date:September 2011

Publisher:University Press of Kansas

Length:232 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"

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New York Times v. Sullivan: Civil Rights, Libel Law, and the Free Press

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