News in the late nineteenth century : more and faster -- Libel in the nineteenth century : malice or mistakes? -- The Smith and Rutherford cases : the news as 'a wrong and perilous system' -- The Palmer cases : the first large-scale libel syndicate -- The Oakley cases : libel and celebrity -- Bad news and the bad tendency test : the limits of libel doctrine -- Retraction statutes : an alternate route to protection -- Conclusion
Notes
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Minnesota, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 05, 2019)
