The library of essays in media law. Vol. 2 : Media freedom and contempt of court

The essays discuss the restrictions imposed by contempt of court and other laws on media freedom to attend and report legal proceedings. Part I contains leading articles on the open justice principle. They examine the extent to which departures from that principle should be allowed to protect the rights of parties, in particular the accused in criminal proceedings, to a fair trial, and their interest in being rehabilitated in society after proceedings have been concluded. The essays in Part II examine the topical issue of whether open justice entails a right to film and broadcast legal proceedings. The articles in Part III are concerned with the application of contempt of court to prejudicial media publicity; they discuss whether it is possible to prevent prejudice without sacrificing media freedom. Another aspect of media freedom and contempt of court is canvassed in Part IV: whether journalists should enjoy a privilege not to reveal their sources of information. These Essays Discuss The Restrictions Imposed By Contempt Of Court And Other Laws On Media Freedom To Attend And Report Legal Proceedings. The Book Is Organised Into Four Parts: 'the Open Justice Principle', 'cameras In The Court Room', 'prejudicial Media Publicity' And 'journalists' Privilege Not To Reveal Sources'. Courts, Transparency And Public Confidence : To The Better Administration Of Justice / Beverley Mclachlin -- The Principle Of Open Justice : A Comparative Perspective / J.j. Spigelman -- A Public Right To Know About Public Institutions : The First Amendment As Sword / Anthony Lewis -- Name Suppression : An Adjunct To The Presumption Of Innocence And To Mitigation Of Sentence, Parts 1 And 2 / Roderick Munday -- Automatic Reporting Restrictions In Criminal Proceedings And Article 10 Of The Echr / Ian Cram -- Democracy And The Demystification Of Courts : An Essay / David A. Anderson -- Courts On Television / Martin Dockray -- Cameras In The Courtroom : Not Without My Consent / M. David Lepofsky -- A Comparative Analysis Of First Amendment Rights And The Televising Of Court Proceedings / Daniel Stepniak -- Punishing The Press : Using Contempt Of Court To Secure The Right To A Fair Trial / Stephen J. Krause -- You Say Fair Trial And I Say Free Press : British And American Approaches To Protecting Defendants' Rights In High Profile Trials / Joanne Armstrong Brandwood -- Pre-trial Publicity And Its Treatment In The English Courts / David Corker And Michael Levi -- Fundamental Rights, Fair Trials And The New Audio-visual Sector / Clive Walker -- Empirical And Legal Perspectives On The Impact Of Pre-trial Publicity / T.m. Honess .. [et Al.] -- Protecting Journalists' Sources : Section 10, Contempt Of Court Act, 1981 / Stephanie Palmer -- The Priestly Class : Reflections On A Journalist's Privilege / William E. Lee -- Protection Against Judicially Compelled Disclosure Of The Identity Of News Gatherers' Confidential Sources In Common Law Jurisdictions / Janice Brabyn. Edited By Eric Barendt. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Courts, transparency and public confidence : to the better administration of justice / Beverley McLachlin The principle of open justice : a comparative perspective / J.J. Spigelman A public right to know about public institutions : the First Amendment as sword / Anthony Lewis Name suppression : an adjunct to the presumption of innocence and to mitigation of sentence, parts 1 and 2 / Roderick Munday Automatic reporting restrictions in criminal proceedings and Article 10 of the ECHR / Ian Cram Democracy and the demystification of courts : an essay / David A. Anderson Courts on television / Martin Dockray Cameras in the courtroom : not without my consent / M. David Lepofsky A comparative analysis of First Amendment rights and the televising of court proceedings / Daniel Stepniak Punishing the press : using contempt of court to secure the right to a fair trial / Stephen J. Krause You say "fair trial" and I say "free press" : British and American approaches to protecting defendants' rights in high profile trials / Joanne Armstrong Brandwood Pre-trial publicity and its treatment in the English courts / David Corker and Michael Levi Fundamental rights, fair trials and the new audio-visual sector / Clive Walker Empirical and legal perspectives on the impact of pre-trial publicity / T.M. Honess .. [et al.] Protecting journalists' sources : section 10, Contempt of Court Act, 1981 / Stephanie Palmer The priesthly class : reflections on a journalist's privilege / William E. Lee Protection against judicially compelled disclosure of the identity of news gatherers' confidential sources in common law jurisdictions / Janice Brabyn. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Series Preface Introduction PART I: THE OPEN JUSTICE PRINCIPLE 1 Courts, Transparency and Public Confidence- To the Better Administration of Justice 2 The Principle of Open Justice: A Comparative Perspective 3 A Public Right to Know about Public Institutions: The First Amendment as Sword 4 Name Suppression: An Adjunct to the Presumption of Innocence and to Mitigation of Sentence Parts 1 and 2 5 Automatic Reporting Restrictions in Criminal Proceedings and Article 10 of the ECHR 6 Democracy and the Demystification of Courts: An Essay PART II: CAMERAS IN THE COURT-ROOM 7 Courts on Television 8 Cameras in the Courtroom-Not Without My Consent 9 A Comparative Analysis of First Amendment Rights and the Televising of Court Proceedings PART III: PREJUDICIAL MEDIA PUBLICITY 10 Punishing the Press: Using Contempt of Court to Secure the Right to a Fair Trial 11 You Say "Fair Trial" and I Say "Free Press": British and American Approaches to Protecting Defendants' Rights in High Profile Trials 12 Pre-trial Publicity and its Treatment in the English Courts 13 Fundamental Rights, Fair Trials and the New Audio-Visual Sector 14 Empirical and Legal Perspectives on the Impact of pre-trial Publicity PART IV: JOURNALISTS' PRIVILEGE NOT TO REVEAL SOURCES 15 Protecting Journalists' Sources: Section 10, Contempt of Court Act 1981 16 The Priestly Class: Reflections on a Journalist's Privilege 17 Protection Against Judicially Compelled Disclosure of the Identity of News Gatherers' Confidential Sources in Common Law Jurisdictions Name Index Discusses the restrictions imposed by contempt of court and other laws on media freedom to attend and report legal proceedings. This book contains articles on the open justice principle.