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New York Times v. Sullivan: Civil Rights, Libel Law, and the Free Press (Landmark Law Cases and American Society) by Kermit L. Hall and Melvin I. Urofsky is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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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.<br> <br> When the <i>New York Times</i> published an advertisement that accused Alabama officials of willfully abusing civil rights activists, Montgomery police commissioner Lester Sullivan filed suit for defamation. Alabama courts,
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- Author
- Kermit L. Hall and Melvin I. Urofsky
- Publisher
- Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780700618026
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Language Learning, Political Science
- Rating
- 3.12 / 5 (8 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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