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Media freedom and contempt of court - Aldershot Ashgate Publishers 2009 - 480p xi

Contents:
Introduction;
Part I The Open Justice Principle:
1. Courts, transparency and public confidence - to the better administration of justice, Beverley McLachlin;
2. The principle of open justice: a comparative perspective, J.J. Spigelman;
3. A public right to know about public institutions: the 1st Amendment as sword, Anthony Lewis;
4. Name suppression: an adjunct to the presumption of innocence and to mitigation of sentence, Roderick Munday;
5. Automatic reporting restrictions in criminal proceedings and Article 10 of the ECHR, Ian Cram;
6. Democracy and the demystification of courts: an essay, David A. Anderson.

Part II Cameras in the Court-Room:

7. Courts on television, Martin Dockray;
8. Cameras in the courtroom - not without my consent, M. David Lepofsky;
9. A comparative analysis of 1st Amendment rights and the televising of court proceedings, Daniel Stepniak.

Part III Prejudicial Media Publicity:

10. Punishing the press: using contempt of court to secure the right to a fair trial, Stephen J. Krause;
11. You say 'fair trial' and I say 'free press': British and American approaches to protecting defendants' rights in high profile trials, Joanne Armstrong Brandwood;
12. Pre-trial publicity and its treatment in the English courts, David Corker and Michael Levi;
13. Fundamental rights, fair trials and the new audio-visual sector, Clive Walker;
14. Empirical and legal perspectives on the impact of pre-trial publicity, T.M. Honess, S. Barker, E.A. Charman and M. Levi.

Part IV Journalists' Privilege Not to Reveal Sources:

15. Protecting journalists' sources: Section 10, Contempt of Court Act 1981, Stephanie Palmer;
16. The priestly class: reflections on a journalist's privilege, William E. Lee;
17. Protection against judicially compelled disclosure of the identity of news gatherers confidential sources in common law jurisdictions, Janice Brabyn;
Name index.

ISBN: 9780754627852

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Mass Media - Law & Legislation2. News Paper Court Reporting 3. Contempt Of Court4. Free Press & Fair Trial

Dewey Class. No.: 343.0998 BA