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Media and American courts a reference handbook
Title:
Media and American courts a reference handbook
Author:
Alexander, S. L.
ISBN:
9781576079805

9781280712449
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Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2004.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 231 p.)
Series:
Contemporary world issues

Contemporary world issues.
Contents:
Free press/fair trial: a historical overview -- Controversies, problems, and solutions -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Facts and data -- Organizations, associations, and government agencies -- Selected print and nonprint resources.
Abstract:
This referennce work explores the interaction of ever-more pervasive media and the US judicial system in the 20th century. It includes glossary definitions of terms necessary for an understanding of media coverage of the judicial system and biographical sketches of journalists, lawyers and judges.
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