Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Sources and Types of American Law 1
Chapter 2 The U.S. Legal System 19
Chapter 3 The Judicial System 51
Chapter 4 Ethical Dilemmas, Issues, and Concerns in Mass Communication 105
Chapter 5 Prior Restraint 143
Chapter 6 Corporate and Commercial Speech 237
Chapter 7 Electronic Mass Media and Telecommunications 313
Chapter 8 Libel 387
Chapter 9 Indecency, Obscenity, and Pornography 461
Chapter 10 Right of Privacy 517
Chapter 11 Press and Public Access to the Judicial Processes, Records, Places, and Meetings 591
Chapter 12 Intellectual Property 641
Appendix A Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics 733
Appendix B National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Code of Ethics 737
Appendix C American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) Statement of Principles 741
Appendix D American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) Standards of Practice 743
Appendix E Radio–Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct 745
Appendix F The Constitution of the United States 749
Appendix G Copyright Forms 771
Case Index 777
Subject Index 783