60-Second Civics: Episode 4327, Free Expression and Seditious Libel: Freedom of Expression, Part 5

60-Second Civics Podcast

English - April 28, 2021 07:00 - ★★★★ - 76 ratings
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Modern Americans' expectations about free expression differ markedly from those of Americans and the English during the colonial period. The law of seditious libel in England dates to 1606 and the case of "De Libellis Famosis."

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