Truth and Privilege: Libel Law in Massachusetts and Nova Scotia, 1820-1840

Truth and Privilege is a comparative study that brings together legal, constitutional and social history to explore...
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Author: Lyndsay Campbell
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Language: English
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Truth and Privilege: Libel Law in Massachusetts and Nova Scotia, 1820-1840 by Campbell, Lyndsay

Truth and Privilege: Libel Law in Massachusetts and Nova Scotia, 1820-1840

$192.48

Truth and Privilege: Libel Law in Massachusetts and Nova Scotia, 1820-1840

$192.48
Author: Lyndsay Campbell
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Truth and Privilege is a comparative study that brings together legal, constitutional and social history to explore the common law's diverging paths in two kindred places committed to freedom of expression but separated by the American Revolution. Comparing Nova Scotia and Massachusetts, Lyndsay Campbell examines the development of libel law, the defences of truth and privilege, and the place of courts as fora for disputes. She contrasts courts' centrality in struggles over expression and the interpretation of individual rights in Massachusetts with concerns about defining protective boundaries for the press and individuals through institutional design in Nova Scotia. Campbell's rich analysis acts as a lens through which to understand the role of law in shaping societal change in the nineteenth century, shedding light on the essential question we still grapple with today: what should law's role be in regulating expression we perceive as harmful?

Author: Lyndsay Campbell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/16/2021
Pages: 442
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.96lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d
ISBN: 9781316510698

About the Author
Campbell, Lyndsay: - Lyndsay Campbell is an Associate Professor in Law and History at the University of Calgary, and Associate Dean, Research in the Faculty of Law. She has co-edited two volumes, Freedom's Conditions in the U.S.-Canadian Borderlands in the Age of Emancipation and Canada's Legal Pasts: Looking Forward, Looking Back.

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