Privileging the press
Subtitle: confidential sources, journalism ethics and the First Amendment
By: Jason M. Shepard
Series: Law & society
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC
Published: 2011
Place of publication: El Paso
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781593324643
Subjects: Press law; United States; Legal status, laws; Journalists; Press; Confidential communications; Journalistic ethics; Freedom of the press
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: The problems of journalistic duty to protect sources. The journalist-subpoena problem; title: Modern ethical and legal case studies; title: National security leaks and the Valerie Plame case; title: Historical development of journalistic duty to protect sources. Early development of duty to protect sources, 1721-1958; title: Branzburg v. Hayes and the First Amendment privilege; title: Congress tries to pass a shield law, 1972-1975; title: The rise and fall of judicial protections, 1972-2003; title: The future of journalistic duty to protect sources. The future of journalism ethics in journalist's privilege law.