COMT 429/529:
The Law of Public Communication
Fall 2006 course page
Examples of case briefs:
- New York Times v. United States
Constitution of the United States of America (on Emory Law School's site)
Legal resources/databases:
- FindLaw's "cases and codes" page
- Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) home page
- RCFP's First Amendment handbook
- Doug Linder's "Famous Trials" site
- University of Minnesota Law School's First Amendment Online site
- Supreme Court of the United States ("SCOTUS")
- a whole bunch of other links of interest to this class (including some listed above)
Required readings (those not found in the textbook or on reserve via the library), in order by due date:
- for 9/13: Robbins: Pardons granted [in Montana] 88 years after crimes of sedition
- for 9/20: Student Press Law Center (SPLC): Calif. governor signs student press bill
- for 11/01: Lemann: Telling secrets
- for 11/15: Tedeschi: Music industry wants guitarists to stop sharing
Other articles that may interest you:
- Epstein: When freedom isn't freedom at all (about college student newspapers)
- Jensen: Soldiers' words may test PBS language rules
- McKinley: Blogger jailed after defying court orders