Modern communication law /
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Edition: | Student ed. |
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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 |
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. |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Physical Description: | xlix, 1409 p. ; 26 cm. |
ISBN: | 0314211764 |