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Film, Video Constitution Day: Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan

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Title

  • Constitution Day: Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan

Summary

  • University of Buffalo School of Law Professor Samantha Barbas discusses the roots of the U.S. Supreme Court's New York Times v. Sullivan decision which created the "actual malice" standard that a public figure must prove in a successful suit for defamation. Professor Barbas's lecture focuses on describing the origins of the New York Times v. Sullivan decision in the context of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Law Library of Congress (U.S.), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2023-09-14.

Notes

  • -  Aslihan Bulut, Jeanne Dennis, Samantha Barbas.
  • -  Recorded on 2023-09-14.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2025661438

Online Format

  • video
  • online text
  • image

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Library Of Congress, and U.S Law Library Of Congress. Constitution Day: Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-14, 2023. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2025661438/.

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Library Of Congress & Law Library Of Congress, U. S. (2023) Constitution Day: Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-14. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2025661438/.

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Library Of Congress, and U.S Law Library Of Congress. Constitution Day: Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-14, 2023. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2025661438/>.