Lawyers of the Old Left: Morris Hillquit, Seymour Stedman & Charles Recht - Paperback

Easton, Eric B.: - Eric B. Easton is Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he specialized in Media Law and Legal Writing for more than 25 years. This is his second book profiling lawyers of the early twentieth Century. The first was 'Defending the Masses: A Progressive Lawyer's Battles for Free Speech', a biography of Gilbert E. Roe. Professor Easton's other books include 'The Life and Crimes of Jared Flagg', 'New York Times v. Sullivan: Documentary Supplement', and 'Mobilizing the Press: Defending the First Amendment in the Supreme Court'. He is also co-author of 'The Law of Advertising', a multi-volume treatise, general editor of the 'Sourcebook on Legal Writing Programs', and founding editor of the peer-reviewed 'Journal of Media Law & Ethics'. In addition, nearly 10,000 readers have downloaded his roughly 40 law review and other articles. Before joining the University of Baltimore faculty, Professor Easton taught Media Law and other subjects at Loyola University-Maryland. He has also taught Comparative Media Law at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland; Shandong University, China; and the University of the Netherlands Antilles, Curaçao. He was a visiting scholar at the Journalism Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, and a Fulbright Specialist at the University of Pristina, Kosovo. Professor Easton holds a Ph.D. from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland; a J.D. from the Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Maryland; and a B.S. from the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University. He was a professional journalist for more than 20 years before joining the academy. His works in progress include 'Magnificent Failure: The Trials and Tribulations of Dudley Field Malone', a biography. When completed, this will be the third in Easton's series on historic lawyers.