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An Accelerated History Of Expressive Freedom, Kevin F. O'Neill
An Accelerated History Of Expressive Freedom, Kevin F. O'Neill
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My purpose in writing this article is to examine the growth of Anglo-American speech rights over the past millennium. Since the best measure of expressive freedom is the freedom to criticize one's government, I will focus on the regulation of seditious speech in an accelerated tour of history, from the printing press to the present day.