 | Maeva Marcus, James R. Perry - 1985 - 588 pages
...(as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published, shall on a fair and impartial trial be adjudged of a pernicious...religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty. Thus the will of individuals is still left free; the abuse only of that free will is the object of... | |
 | Bernard H. Siegan - 232 pages
...(as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published, shall on a fair and impartial trial be adjudged of a pernicious...religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty. Thus the will of individuals is still left free; the abuse only of that free will is the object of... | |
 | John Phillip Reid - 1988 - 248 pages
...(as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published, shall on a fair and impartial trial be adjudged of a pernicious...religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty. Thus the will of individuals is still left free; the abuse only of that free will is the object of... | |
 | Jeffery A. Smith - 1990 - 246 pages
...accordingly described in William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769) as being "necessary for the preservation of peace and good...religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty." Liberty of the press meant "no previous restraints upon publications," Blackstone asserted. Once published,... | |
 | William Edward Nelson - 1994 - 301 pages
...inability to overcome the assumption that the punishment of "dangerous or offensive writings . . . [was] necessary for the preservation of peace and good order,...and religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty."[58] The publication of a malicious libel was, according to the Supreme Judicial Court, "an... | |
 | Leonard W. Levy - 462 pages
...(as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published, shall on a fair and impartial trial-"" be adjudged of a pernicious...religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty. Thus the will of individuals is still left free; the abuse only of that free will is the object of... | |
 | Theodore Schroeder - 2002 - 480 pages
...at present, any dangerous or offensive writings which, when published, shall on a fair and unpartial trial be adjudged of a pernicious tendency, is necessary...and religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty."18 It should be apparent from the mere reading that Blackstone was defending and describing... | |
 | Lee C. Bollinger, Geoffrey R. Stone - 2003 - 348 pages
...(as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published, shall on a fair and impartial trial be adjudged of a pernicious...and good order, of government and religion, the only foundations of civil liberty."25 There is a great deal of dispute among historians over whether the... | |
 | Geoffrey R. Stone - 2004 - 758 pages
...(as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published, shall on a fair and impartial trial be adjudged of a pernicious...religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty. ^ Otis argued that the First Amendment incorporated Blackstone's definition of "the freedom of speech,... | |
 | Murray Dry - 2004 - 324 pages
...(as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published, shall on a fair and impartial trial be adjudged of a pernicious...order, of government and religion, the only solid foundation of civil liberty. 11|Emphasis original| Thus, in so far as government needs religion to... | |
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But to punish (as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published, shall on a fair and impartial trial be adjudged of a pernicious tendency, is necessary for the preservation of peace and good order, of government and... 
