The First Amendment and the Fourth Estate: The Law of Mass MediaDetailed examination of the law of mass media, providing principle cases, court opinions, and extensive text and research materials. Includes in-depth chapter discussions of: The American Legal System; Introduction to Freedom of Expression; Defamation; Privacy; Liability for More...Emotional and Physical Harm; Copyright and Trademark; National Security; Obscenity; Advertising Regulation; Press Coverage of the Administration of Justice; Confidentiality in Newsgathering; Newsgathering from non-Judicial Public Sources; Ownership of the Media and Related Problems; Acces to the Media; Introduction to Broadcasting; Legal Control of Broadcast Programming: Political Speech; Legal Control of Broadcast Programming: Nonpolitical Speech; and Cable and New Technologies. |
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THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYS | 1 |
B Reading the Law | 10 |
INTRODUCTION TO FREEDOM OF EXPRES | 24 |
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