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Media and the Law (2009)

Media and the Law (2009)

Lee Levine, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center


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    Although this volume surveys the entirety of the media law landscape, the authors focus in particular on real world problems -- in other words, the issues that are most likely to confront media lawyers and journalists in their everyday practices. The text is divided into five basic parts.

    - Part I: The Media and the First Amendment: An Overview
    - Part II: Issues Relating to the Dissemination of Information
    - Part III: Issues Relating to the Acquisition of Information
    - Part IV: Business and Regulatory Issues
    - Part V: International Issues

    The first part addresses fundamental definitional and constitutional issues. It begins with an examination of how to define the media in the twenty first century, and why definitional constructs matter. It then proceeds to examine the overarching First Amendment principles that set this field of law apart from most others. As former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once observed, the press is the only private entity that is explicitly protected by a provision of the American Constitution.

    The next two parts of the text constitute its substantive core, examining issues that arise, first, from the dissemination of information and, second, from how information is collected in the first place. The chapters cover media civil and criminal liability as well as certain affirmative rights to access information.

    Finally, Parts IV and V address somewhat more esoteric, although important problems. Part IV examines selected legal issues relating to the media business and the special problems that arise from the electronic dissemination of information. Part V considers selected international issues, a subject that looms ever larger as the result of new technologies that facilitate the seamless, global distribution of content.

    Each chapter in Media and the Law begins with a short overview that attempts to put the subject addressed in context. The remaining bulk of the chapters consist principally of edited versions of the relevant cases and legal scholarship. It is important for students to read the cases, rather than short summaries of them. Although the latter can certainly help reduce the bulk of a volume, such summaries inevitably sacrifice the nuance and context that often makes an important difference in the resolution of the questions presented.

    Media and the Law is also accompanied by a Teacher's Manual.

    Professors and adjunct professors may request complimentary examination copies of LexisNexis law school publications to consider for class adoption or recommendation. Please identify the book(s) you wish to receive, provide your institutional contact information, and submit your request here.

    This book also is available in a heavily discounted, three-hole punched, alternative loose-leaf version printed on 8 ½ x 11 inch paper with wider margins and with the same pagination as the hardbound book.

     

     

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