Freedom of Speech
About this Collection
Debates over free speech are a near-constant feature of human history. They form a key part of the religion and politics of England in the 17th century. English subjects demanded the right to debate opinions freely in both speech and print, to assemble in order discuss these opinions, to engage in public debate, and to petition the king and parliament. The American colonies carried these issues over the ocean, with free speech becoming a key point in the 18th century struggle against the Crown.
Members:
- The American Republic: Primary Sources (Bruce Frohnen)
- Areopagitica (1644) (Jebb ed.) (John Milton)
- The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XVIII - Essays on Politics and Society Part I (John Stuart Mill)
- An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, Vol. I. (William Godwin)
- In Defense of the Constitution (George W. Carey)
- Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (LF ed.) (Albert Venn Dicey)
- Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion (2nd ed. 1919) (Albert Venn Dicey)
- Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle (Lance Banning)
- Liberty of the Press (1825) (James Mill)
- Liberty, Order, and Justice (James McClellan)
- On Liberty and The Subjection of Women (1879 ed.) (John Stuart Mill)
- The Principles of Ethics, vol. 2 (LF ed.) (Herbert Spencer)
- Social Statics (1851) (Herbert Spencer)
- View of the Constitution of the United States with Selected Writings (St. George Tucker)