The Historical Importance of Jury to Press Freedom [electronic resource] / Marvin N. Olasky.

Staggered by some recent libel verdicts, many journalists are neglecting lessons about press freedom learned at great cost during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Journalists then learned that state power over the press, residing in the hands of either censors or judges, leads to a decrease...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Olasky, Marvin N.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987.
Subjects:	Censorship. Freedom of Speech. Journalism. Journalism History. Judges. Newspapers. Press Opinion.