Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-372) and index.
Contents
Seditious Libel versus Freedom of Expression -- The American Colonial Experience -- A Free Press in the Controversy with Britain -- Early English Theory: From Milton to "Cato" -- The Free Press Theory of the Zenger Generation -- On the Eve of the American Revolution -- From the Revolution to the First Amendment -- From the First Amendment to the Sedition Act -- The Gestation of an American Libertarian Theory -- The Emergence of an American Libertarian Theory.