The New Libertarianism and the Sedition Act of 1798
| Title: | The New Libertarianism and the Sedition Act of 1798 |
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| Authors: | Fitzpatrick, Gerard. J. |
| Source: | Commonwealth; Vol. 3 No. 1 (1989): Commonwealth: A Journal of Pennsylvania Politics and Policy ; 2469-7672 ; 10.15367/com.v3i1 |
| Publisher Information: | Temple University Press |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Description: | When the First Amendment was ratified in 1791 many Americans still regarded trenchant criticism of govemment, its officers, or its policies to be criminally punishable "seditious libel." Not until the bitter controversy ignited by the Sedition Act of 1798 did Americans formulate a theory of political expression in a republic that undercut arguments justifying prosecution for seditious libel. The result was a new libenarianism with regard to freedom of speech and press. |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | https://tupjournals.temple.edu/index.php/commonwealth/article/view/585/629; https://tupjournals.temple.edu/index.php/commonwealth/article/view/585 |
| DOI: | 10.15367/com.v3i1.585 |
| Availability: | https://tupjournals.temple.edu/index.php/commonwealth/article/view/585; https://doi.org/10.15367/com.v3i1.585 |
| Rights: | Copyright (c) 1989 Commonwealth ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.D99F6D57 |
| Database: | BASE |