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12 produkter
Confidential Confidential
The Inside Story of Hollywood's Notorious Scandal Magazine
E-bok, 2018
173 kr
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In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America's first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood stars' secrets, misdeeds, and transgressions in gritty, unvarnished detail. Deploying a vast network of tipsters to root out scandalous facts about the stars, including their sexual affairs, drug …
Rise and Fall of Morris Ernst, Free Speech Renegade
Inbunden, 2021
352 kr
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In the 1930s and ’40s, Morris Ernst was one of the best-known liberal lawyers in the United States. An eminent attorney and general counsel of the ACLU for decades, Ernst was renowned for his audacious fights against literary and artistic censorship. He successfully defended Ulysses against …
First Lady of Hollywood
A Biography of Louella Parsons
Häftad, 2005
252 kr
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Hollywood celebrities feared her. William Randolph Hearst adored her. Between 1915 and 1960, Louella Parsons was America's premier movie gossip columnist and in her heyday commanded a following of more than forty million readers. This first full-length biography of Parsons tells the story of her …
Actual Malice
Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan
Inbunden, 2023
242 kr
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"A heroic narrative."—One of The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2023"A detailed examination of . . . the landmark 1964 Supreme Court decision that defined libel laws and increased protections for journalists."—The New York Times Book ReviewA deeply researched legal drama that documents this landmark …
Hate Speech
The Legal and Cultural History of an American Dilemma
Inbunden, 2026
302 kr
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A history of the battles over regulation of hate speech in the United States.The United States has no hate speech laws; hate speech is generally considered to be free speech under the First Amendment. In this crisp guided history, acclaimed legal historian Samantha Barbas chronicles the country’s …
Actual Malice
Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan
Häftad, 2024
219 kr
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"A heroic narrative."—One of The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2023"A detailed examination of . . . the landmark 1964 Supreme Court decision that defined libel laws and increased protections for journalists."—The New York Times Book ReviewA deeply researched legal drama that documents this landmark …
First Lady of Hollywood
A Biography of Louella Parsons
E-bok, 2005
423 kr
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Hollywood celebrities feared her. William Randolph Hearst adored her. Between 1915 and 1960, Louella Parsons was America''s premier movie gossip columnist and in her heyday commanded a following of more than forty million readers. This first full-length biography of Parsons tells the story of her …
Laws of Image
Privacy and Publicity in America
Inbunden, 2015
314 kr
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Americans have long been obsessed with their images—their looks, public personas, and the impressions they make. This preoccupation has left its mark on the law. The twentieth century saw the creation of laws that protect your right to control your public image, to defend your image, and to feel …
Laws of Image
Privacy and Publicity in America
E-bok, 2015
410 kr
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Americans have long been obsessed with their images—their looks, public personas, and the impressions they make. This preoccupation has left its mark on the law. The twentieth century saw the creation of laws that protect your right to control your public image, to defend your image, and to feel …
Newsworthy
The Supreme Court Battle Over Privacy and Press Freedom
Inbunden, 2017
291 kr
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In 1952, the Hill family was held hostage by escaped convicts in their suburban Pennsylvania home. The family of seven was trapped for nineteen hours by three fugitives who treated them politely, took their clothes and car, and left them unharmed. The Hills quickly became the subject of …
Confidential Confidential
The Inside Story of Hollywood''s Notorious Scandal Magazine
E-bok, 2018
189 kr
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In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America''s first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood stars'' secrets, misdeeds, and transgressions in gritty, unvarnished detail. Deploying a vast network of tipsters to root out scandalous facts about the stars, including sexual affairs, drug use, …
Newsworthy
The Supreme Court Battle Over Privacy and Press Freedom
E-bok, 2017
335 kr
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In 1952, the Hill family was held hostage by escaped convicts in their suburban Pennsylvania home. The family of seven was trapped for nineteen hours by three fugitives who treated them politely, took their clothes and car, and left them unharmed. The Hills quickly became the subject of …
