The Taming of the Press: Cohen v. Cowles Media Company

by Elliot C. Rothenberg

Cohen v. Cowles Media Company changed the course of First Amendment media law. After a quarter century of decisions interpreting the First Amendment to give media organizations preferential treatment, the Supreme Court ruled in 1991 that the Constitution did not give the press immunity from the laws ordinary citizens must obey. The American Bar Association quarterly Communications Lawyer (Spring 1998) calls Cohen a media law...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275966011
• ISBN13: 9780275966010
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"