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Make No Law

The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment

Anthony Lewis

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English
Vintage Books
01 September 1992
A crucial and compelling account of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the landmark Supreme Court case that redefined libel, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning legal journalist Anthony Lewis.

The First Amendment puts it this way- ""Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press."" Yet, in 1960, a city official in Montgomery, Alabama, suedThe New York Timesfor libel-and was awarded $500,000 by a local jury-because the paper had published an ad critical of Montgomery's brutal response to civil rights protests.

The centuries of legal precedent behind the Sullivan case and the U.S. Supreme Court's historic reversal of the original verdict are expertly chronicled in this gripping and wonderfully readable book by the Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize-winning legal journalist Anthony Lewis. It is our best account yet of a case that redefined what newspapers-and ordinary citizens-can print or say.
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Imprint:   Vintage Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 202mm,  Width: 131mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   285g
ISBN:   9780679739395
ISBN 10:   0679739394
Pages:   368
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Anthony Lewis was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who transformed American legal journalism. He is the author of Gideon's Trumpet which concerned Gideon v. Wainwright, the 1963 decision that guaranteed lawyers to poor defendants charged with serious crimes. His book Make No Law- The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment is an account of New York Times v. Sullivan, the 1964 Supreme Court decision that revolutionized American libel law. Lewis was a New York Times reporter at the Supreme Court from 1957 to 1964 and wrote an Op-Ed column for thirty years called ""At Home Abroad"" or ""Abroad at Home"" depending on where he was writing from . He also taught at the Harvard Law School where he was a Lecturer on Law from 1974 to 1989. He has also been the James Madison Visiting Professor at Columbia University. Anthony Lewis died in 2013 at the age of 85.

Reviews for Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment

A riveting detailed account...[Make No Law] is nothing less than a comprehensive history of free speech in America. --Philadelphia Inquirer Superbly written... a compelling drama that clearly places the Sullivan decision in the context of the court's still evolving notions of free speech and fully illuminates the constitutional principles at stake...an essential guide. --Boston Globe A riveting detailed account...[Make No Law] is nothing less than a comprehensive history of free speech in America. Philadelphia Inquirer Superbly written... a compelling drama that clearly places the Sullivan decision in the context of the court's still evolving notions of free speech and fully illuminates the constitutional principles at stake...an essential guide. Boston Globe A riveting detailed account...[Make No Law] is nothing less than a comprehensive history of free speech in America. -- Philadelphia Inquirer Superbly written... a compelling drama that clearly places the Sullivan decision in the context of the court's still evolving notions of free speech and fully illuminates the constitutional principles at stake...an essential guide. -- Boston Globe A riveting detailed account...�Make No Law� is nothing less than a comprehensive history of free speech in America. -- Philadelphia Inquirer Superbly written... a compelling drama that clearly places the Sullivan decision in the context of the court's still evolving notions of free speech and fully illuminates the constitutional principles at stake...an essential guide. -- Boston Globe


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