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" The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right... "
Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books ; with an Analysis of the ... - Page 151
by William Blackstone - 1836
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Restricted Subjects: Freedom of Expression in the United Kingdom

Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.) - Political Science - 1991 - 84 pages
...radio stations, January 17, 1991. 31Times of London, January 29, 1991. ^Thornton, p. 20. Every free man has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases...forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press. — Blackstone The times of Mr. Blackstone are not relevant to die times of Mr. Murdoch.33 ~ Lord Templeman...
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Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of ..., Volume 112

California. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 826 pages
...censure for criminal matters when published. He says: "Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay wRat sentiments he pleases before the public; to forbid...improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity. To subject the press to the restrictive power of a licensor, as was...
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Israel Yearbook on Human Rights 1992

Yoram Dinstein, Mala Tabory - Political Science - 1993 - 272 pages
...that in the second period the interference had not been "necessary" and the UK violated Article 10. he pleases before the public; to forbid this, is to...improper, mischievous or illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity."; see E. Barendt, "Prior Restraints on Speech", Public Law 253 (1985)....
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The Rise of Modern Judicial Review: From Constitutional Interpretation to ...

Christopher Wolfe - Law - 1994 - 472 pages
...laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments...improper, mischievous or illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity.2 In 1798 the furor over the Alien and Sedition Laws gave rise to...
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From Grunts to Gigabytes: Communications and Society

Dan Lacy - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 222 pages
...previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments...improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity" (quoted in Freedom of the Press from Zenger to Jefferson, ed. Levy,...
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Seasoned Judgments: American Constitution, Rights and History

Leonard W. Levy - Law - 462 pages
...previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments...improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity. . . . But to punish (as the law does at present) any dangerous or...
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Main Themes in the Debate Over Property Rights, Volume 6

James W. Ely - Right of property - 1997 - 464 pages
...upon publications, and in freedom from censure from criminal matter when published. Every free man has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases...improper, mischievous or illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity.i55 Holmes interpreted the First Amendment on the basis of the common...
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A Journalism Reader

Michael Bromley, Tom O'Malley - History - 1997 - 422 pages
...gouvernement', which was found so efficacious in France. Thus, Blackstone tells us - 'Every person has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases...before the public: to forbid this, is to destroy the liberty of the press.' This is nearly equivalent to the general permission of Directorial law. The...
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A Journalism Reader

Michael Bromley, Tom O'Malley - Journalism - 1997 - 412 pages
...This is nearly equivalent to the general permission of Directorial law. The learned author proceeds - 'But if he publishes what is improper, mischievous,...he must take the consequence of his own temerity.' Now, where are we to look for authentic definition of these important words improper, mischievous,...
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Free Speech, The People's Darling Privilege: Struggles for Freedom of ...

Michael Kent Curtis - History - 2000 - 544 pages
...previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments...he must take the consequence of his own temerity. Blackstone explained that in "their largest and most extensive sense," libels were any writings or...
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