Mobilizing the Press: Defending the First Amendment in the Supreme Court - Softcover

Easton, Eric B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1600421822 ISBN 13: 9781600421822

Verlag: Vandeplas Publishing, 2012

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Mobilizing the Press examines the role of the press in constitutional litigation before the United States Supreme Court to shape the First Amendment doctrine that forms the legal environment in which journalists operate. The book shows that the Court has consistently ruled in favor of the press's interpretation of the First Amendment on publishing issues such as prior restraints, libel, and privacy, but has not been persuaded that the First Amendment protects newsgathering, as in reporters' privilege, cameras in courtrooms, and ride-along cases. The book focuses on three important case studies and surveys the evolution of constitutional press law before and between the case studies. It demonstrates how the institutional press has played a significant, if not always decisive, role in that evolution. Eric B. Easton is Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he has taught Communications Law, Legal Writing, and other subjects for 20 years. Before joining the UB faculty, he taught Media Law, Reporting, and Editing at Loyola University-Maryland. He has also taught Comparative Media Law at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and Copyright and Constitutional Law at Shandong University, China, and Comparative Cyberlaw at the University of Curaçao. He has been a visiting scholar at the Journalism Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing. Before joining the academy, Professor Easton was a professional journalist for more than 20 years. He currently serves as editor of the scholarly Journal of Media Law & Ethics and as a member of the editorial advisory board of The Daily Record, Maryland's business and legal newspaper. Professor Easton holds a B.S. from the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, a J.D. from the Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Maryland-Baltimore, and a Ph.D. from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland-College Park. He has authored more than 15 law review articles and delivered a similar number of academic presentations in this country and overseas. He was also the general editor of the second edition of the American Bar Association's Sourcebook on Legal Writing Programs.

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Eric B. Easton is Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he specialized in Media Law and Legal Writing for more than 25 years. This is his second book profiling lawyers of the early twentieth Century. The first was 'Defending the Masses: A Progressive Lawyer's Battles for Free Speech', a biography of Gilbert E. Roe. Professor Easton's other books include 'The Life and Crimes of Jared Flagg', 'New York Times v. Sullivan: Documentary Supplement', and 'Mobilizing the Press: Defending the First Amendment in the Supreme Court'. He is also co-author of 'The Law of Advertising', a multi-volume treatise, general editor of the 'Sourcebook on Legal Writing Programs', and founding editor of the peer-reviewed 'Journal of Media Law & Ethics'. In addition, nearly 10,000 readers have downloaded his roughly 40 law review and other articles. Before joining the University of Baltimore faculty, Professor Easton taught Media Law and other subjects at Loyola University-Maryland. He has also taught Comparative Media Law at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland; Shandong University, China; and the University of the Netherlands Antilles, Curaçao. He was a visiting scholar at the Journalism Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, and a Fulbright Specialist at the University of Pristina, Kosovo. Professor Easton holds a Ph.D. from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland; a J.D. from the Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Maryland; and a B.S. from the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University. He was a professional journalist for more than 20 years before joining the academy. His works in progress include 'Magnificent Failure: The Trials and Tribulations of Dudley Field Malone', a biography. When completed, this will be the third in Easton's series on historic lawyers.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Vandeplas Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1600421822
• ISBN 13: 9781600421822
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 294
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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