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P r o l o g u e b y D a n i l o A r b i l l a  A
Non-Delegated FreedomThis book would not exist if only we were to observe the maxim that the best press law is no press law. In an ideal situation, the legislation in the Americas governing free speech, press freedom and freedom of information should take up no more than a couple of pages, containing clear and frankly-worded clauses prohibiting any attempt o "regulate", "guarantee" or "ensure" - or whatever word might be used - freedom of expression. That's the way it should be. Unfortunately, that's not the way it is. E
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E s s a y b y G r e g o r i o B a d e n i
E s s a y b y J a c k F u l l e r  Risks
also exist in the United StatesAn editor or publisher from the United States does not have to attend many Inter American Press Association meetings before the humbling recognition occurs to him that journalists and publishers form other countries often have to risk much more than we do in defending the freedom of the press. For most of us from the United States, the most we've ever been called upon to do is take the chance of being briefly and symbolically jailed until a court renders the punishment invalid under the U.S. Constitution. Or we have had to fight a libel or privacy case; the stakes may be high, but they are only money, and the law surrounds us with defenses.
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