YEAR
1983
ANNOTATION
This Article argues that the law on seditious libel is essentially anti-democratic. It seeks to demonstrate that authoritarianism, political insecurity, diabolization of dissenters, and a hysterical fear of opposition have traditionally accompanied waves of prosecution for seditious libel. In conclusion, it proposes a theory of how courts should decide these cases under an enlightened view of freedom of speech and suggest the outlines of a first amendment theory that would spell the death of seditious libel.
OPEN ACCESS
Off
LANGUAGE
English
RESOURCE TYPE
LINKED CONTENT AREA
MEDIA TYPE
SUGGESTED CITATION
Judith Schenck Koffler; Bennett L. Gershman, "New Seditious Libel," Cornell Law Review 69, no. 4 (1983-84): 816-882. Available at: http://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/clqv69&i=832