First Amendment and the Fourth Estate

by Jay Wright, Amy Sanders, T. Barton Carter, et al.

Book Overview

This law school casebook provides a detailed examination of the law of mass media, providing principle cases, court opinions, text, and research materials. Topics include discussions of the American... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587780569
• ISBN13: 9781587780561
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: West Publishing Company
• Length: 1146 Pages
• Weight: 4.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 7.7" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Fourth Estate Discussion at its Best

Although I have recently switched to another textbook for my Media Law class, I greatly enjoyed using as a class text Carter's First Amendment and the Fourth Estate. The text lent itself to excellent discussions in class and readily provided excellent case studies and reading material for the students. (Currently I use two texts for such diversity). My only concern is that, at an undergraduate level, the book is unclear on direction for the student not versed in legal and analytical thinking, and like all comphrehensive and advanced texts, a bit too overwhelming academically for freshmen and sophomores. I would highly recommend the text, however, for graduate studies in media law.