A Virtue Less Cloistered: Courts, Speech and Constitutions

by Ian Cram

Whilst paying lip service to the importance of public access to court proceedings and its corollary of unfettered media reporting, a trawl through common law jurisdictions reveals that judges and legislators have been responsible for substantial inroads into the ideal of open justice. Outside of the US, judges and legislators have long subordinated media freedom to report and comment upon matters relating to the administration of justice in order...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841130389
• ISBN13: 9781841130385
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"