Libels, Licenses, Liberties: Conceptualising Freedom of Speech in Colonial and Postcolonial India.

Analysing legal cases involving libel, rioting, sedition, and breaches of the press acts in colonial and postcolonial India, this article emphasises the continued relevance of eighteenth-century common law precedents to the conceptualisation of 'freedom of expression'. Lawyer Thomas Erskine's advoca...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History Vol. 52; no. 4/5; pp. 569 - 600
Autor principal:	Leonard, Zak
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug-Oct2024
Materias:	Censorship Common law Freedom of expression Actions & defenses (Law) British occupation of India, 1765-1947 British colonies Freedom of speech Freedom of the press India
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