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Author Easton, Eric B., author.

Title Defending the masses : a progressive lawyer's battles for free speech / Eric B. Easton.

Publication Info. Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2018]

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Description xi, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: a free speech pioneer -- Getting started -- The muckrakers -- The anarchists -- The feminists -- The socialists -- The pacifists I -- The pacifists II -- The communists -- Winding down -- Conclusion: Gilbert Roe's legacy.
Summary "As muckrakers, feminists, pacifists, anarchists, socialists, and communists were arrested or censored for their outspoken views, many of them turned to a Manhattan lawyer named Gilbert Roe to keep them in business and out of jail. In articulating and upholding Americans' fundamental right to free expression against charges of obscenity, libel, espionage, sedition, or conspiracy during turbulent times, Roe was rarely successful in the courts. His greatest victory was the influential 1917 decision by Judge Learned Hand in 'The Masses Publishing Co. v. Patten'. Roe's battles illuminate the evolution of free speech doctrine and practice in an era when it was under heavy assault."--Back cover.
Subject Roe, Gilbert E. (Gilbert Ernstein), 1865-1929.
Roe, Gilbert E. (Gilbert Ernstein), 1865-1929. (OCoLC)fst01485663
Lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
Freedom of speech -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 20th century.
Freedom of speech. (OCoLC)fst00934044
Lawyers. (OCoLC)fst00994346
Progressivism (United States politics) (OCoLC)fst01078751
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780299314002 hardcover ; alkaline paper
0299314006 hardcover ; alkaline paper

 
    
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