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Privileging the press : confidential sources, journalism ethics and the First Amendment

Title
Privileging the press : confidential sources, journalism ethics and the First Amendment / Jason M. Shepard.
Author
Shepard, Jason M., 1976-
Publication
El Paso [Tex.] : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2011.

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Description
xviii, 316 pages; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Law and society : recent scholarship
Uniform Title
Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
Subject
  • United States
  • Constitution (United States)
  • Confidential communications > Press > United States
  • Press law > United States
  • Journalists > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
  • Freedom of the press > United States
  • Journalistic ethics > United States
  • Confidential communications > Press
  • Freedom of the press
  • Journalistic ethics
  • Journalists > Legal status, laws, etc
  • Press law
  • Pressefreiheit
  • Presserecht
  • Journalist
  • Berufsethik
  • USA
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-311) and index.
Contents
The journalist-subpoena problem -- Modern ethical and legal case studies -- National security leaks and the Valerie Plame case -- Early development of professional duty to protect sources, 1721-1958 -- The First Amendment and newsgathering rights in the Branzburg Era -- After the First Amendment fails : the journalist's privilege as legislative public policy, 1972-1975 -- The rise and fall of judicial protections, 1972-2003 -- The future of journalism ethics in journalist's privilege law.
ISBN
  • 9781593324643
  • 1593324642
LCCN
  • 2011017857
  • 40019778253
OCLC
  • ocn712117339
  • 712117339
  • SCSB-1614976
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library