The Law of Public Communication, 2009 Update Edition

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9780205570041
ISBN 10:
0205570046
Edition: 7th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2009
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
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Focusing on the implications of the law for practitioners, this annually updated text examines legal issues affecting journalism, political speech, and commercial and electronic media.The first amendment, methods of control, libel, privacy and personal security, intellectual property, political speech, advertising, obscenity and indecency, the media and the judiciary, protection of news sources, and access to information.Introductory communication law.

Preface	p. xi
Public Communication and the Law	p. 1
The Sources of Law	p. 2
The Courts	p. 9
The Litigation Process: Civil and Criminal	p. 17
Working with the Law	p. 22
Limitations of Law	p. 24
The First Amendment	p. 25
Theory of Freedom of Expression	p. 26
Regulating Expression	p. 32
Tests	p. 40
Scope of the First Amendment: The Hierarchy of Protected Expression	p. 44
Who Is Protected?	p. 52
Methods of Control	p. 67
Prior Restraints and Postpublication Punishment	p. 68
Content-Neutral Regulations	p. 87
Libel	p. 93
Libel Terminology	p. 95
The Plaintiff	p. 97
The Plaintiff's Burden of Proof	p. 99
The Defendant's Case	p. 149
Preventing Libel Suits	p. 172
Ideas for Reform	p. 174
Privacy	p. 176
Private Facts	p. 178
Intrusion and Trespass	p. 187
False Light	p. 204
Commercialization	p. 212
Emotional Distress and Personal Injury	p. 223
Intellectual Property	p. 233
Copyright	p. 235
Copyrightable Works	p. 236
Unfair Competition	p. 271
Political Speech	p. 281
Referenda and Other Public Issues	p. 283
Elections	p. 288
Regulation of Political Candidate Broadcast Programming	p. 304
Regulation of Public Issue Programming: The Fairness Doctrine	p. 319
Lobbying: The Right to Petition	p. 322
Commercial Speech	p. 326
First Amendment and Advertising	p. 328
Unfair and Deceptive Advertising	p. 342
Federal Remedies	p. 355
Other Federal Regulations	p. 366
Media's Right to Refuse Advertising	p. 376
Self-Regulation	p. 377
Securities Transactions	p. 381
Obscenity and Indecency	p. 399
Obscenity	p. 401
Indecency	p. 415
Violent Pornography	p. 436
Controlling Nonobscene Sexual Expression	p. 442
The Media and the Judiciary	p. 454
Defining Jury Bias	p. 456
Remedies for Prejudicial Publicity	p. 462
Controlling Conduct in Court	p. 468
Controlling Prejudicial Publicity	p. 476
Voluntary Cooperation	p. 502
Contempt Power	p. 504
Protection of News Sources, Notes, and Tape	p. 510
Protection under the Common Law	p. 512
Protection under the First Amendment	p. 513
A Federal Common-Law Privilege?	p. 527
Protection under State Statutes	p. 528
Protection under Federal Statutes and Regulations	p. 537
Congressional Authority	p. 541
Search Warrants	p. 541
Breaching Confidentiality	p. 545
Access to Information	p. 548
Access and the Constitution	p. 550
Access to Events	p. 555
Access to Records	p. 560
Access to Meetings	p. 585
Obtaining Access: A Final Word	p. 591
Finding and Reading the Law	p. 593
The First Fourteen Amendments to the Constitution	p. 599
Glossary	p. 602
Case Index	p. 609
Subject Index	p. 617
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0205570046

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