The New Libertarianism and the Sedition Act of 1798

IF 0.6 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

COMMONWEALTH & COMPARATIVE POLITICS Pub Date : 2022-10-25 DOI:10.15367/com.v3i1.585

Gerard. J. Fitzpatrick

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Abstract

When the First Amendment was ratified in 1791 many Americans still regarded trenchant criticism of govemment, its officers, or its policies to be criminally punishable "seditious libel." Not until the bitter controversy ignited by the Sedition Act of 1798 did Americans formulate a theory of political expression in a republic that undercut arguments justifying prosecution for seditious libel. The result was a new libenarianism with regard to freedom of speech and press.

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新自由意志主义和1798年的煽动法

当宪法第一修正案于1791年获得批准时，许多美国人仍然认为对政府、政府官员或政府政策的尖锐批评是应受刑事处罚的“煽动诽谤”。直到1798年《煽动法》(Sedition Act)引发了激烈的争议，美国人才形成了一套共和政体政治表达的理论，从而削弱了起诉煽动诽谤罪的正当性。其结果是一种关于言论和出版自由的新自由主义。

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COMMONWEALTH & COMPARATIVE POLITICS POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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期刊介绍： Long established as the leading publication in its field, the journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics contains scholarly articles which both report original research on the politics of Commonwealth countries and relate their findings to issues of general significance for students of comparative politics. The journal also publishes work on the politics of other states where such work is of interest for comparative politics generally or where it enables comparisons to be made with Commonwealth countries.