Modern communication law /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:Student ed.
Imprint:St. Paul, Minn. : West Group, 1999.
Description:xlix, 1409 p. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:Hornbook series
Hornbook series.
Subject:Telecommunication -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Mass media -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Press law -- United States.
Mass media -- Law and legislation.
Press law.
Telecommunication -- Law and legislation.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3963802
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Varying Form of Title:Modern communications law
Other authors / contributors:Zuckman, Harvey L.
ISBN:0314211764
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:This powerful new treatise provides an encyclopedic analysis of law & policy relating to virtually all modern means of individual & mass communications law. Its primary focus is the history, theory & operation of the First Amendment as it protects free expression over the various media of communication from regulatory encroachment by government. Examples of key discussion areas include suppression or control of obscene, indecent & violent expression, computer communications law, regulation of cable television & broadcasting, & the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description:xlix, 1409 p. ; 26 cm.
ISBN:0314211764