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Forum on Communications Law - American Bar Association

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Forum on Communications Law

CURRENT BIBLIOGRAPHY


The following is a selective bibliography of books and legal periodical articles in communications law that have appeared from February through July 1999. This bibliography was prepared by Patrick Petit, Associate Law Librarian at the Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library of The Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law.

MASS MEDIA - BOOKS

Alexander, S.L. Covering the Courts: A Handbook for Journalists. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1999.

Mander, Mary S., ed. Framing Friction: Media and Social Conflict. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999.

Savage, Barbara. Broadcasting Freedom: Radio, War, and the Politics of Race, 1938-1948. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999.

Seiter, Ellen. Television and New Media Audiences. New York: Clarendon Press, 1999.

Shaw, Colin. Deciding What We Watch: Taste, Decency, and Media Ethics in the UK and the USA. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

MASS MEDIA - ARTICLES

Atkin, David J. "Video Dialtone Reconsidered: Prospects for Competition in the Wake of the Telecommunications Act of 1996." Comm. L. & Pol'y 4, no. 1 (Winter 1999): 35-58.

Berry, Michael L. "Independent Candidate Access to Public Television Debates." N.C. L. Rev. 77, no. 3 (Mar. 1999): 1223-65.

Brennan, Timothy. "The Spectrum as Commons: Tomorrow's Vision, Not Today's Prescription." J.L. & Econ. 41, no. 2 (Oct. 1998): 791-803.

Goforth, Carol R. "Not in My Backyard: Restrictive Covenants as a Basis for Opposing the Construction of Cellular Towers." Buff. L. Rev. 46, no. 3 (Fall 1998): 705-62.

Grant, Judith and Eric Oifer. "Does the Evidence Speak for Itself: The Truth Behind Crime on TV." Legal Stud. F. 22, nos. 1-3 (Winter 1998-Summer 1999): 201-13.

Klindera, Eve. "Qualified Immunity for Cops." Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 67, no. 2 (Jan. 1999): 399- 431.

Macauley, Molly K. "Allocation of Orbit and Spectrum Resources for Regional Communications: What's At Stake?" J.L. & Econ. 41, no. 2 (Oct. 1998): 737-64.

Schejter, Amit M. "From a Tool for National Cohesion to a Manifestation of National Conflict: The Evolution on Cable Television Policy in Israel, 1986-98." Comm. L. & Pol'y 4, no. 2 (Spring 1999): 177-200.

Shelanski, Howard A. and Peter W. Huber. "Administrative Creation of Property Rights to Radio Spectrum." J.L. & Econ. 41, no. 2 (Oct. 1998): 581-607.

Wright-Brown, Jennifer. "Finding Room for Independent Candidates in Light of Arkansas Educational Television Commission v. Forbes." CommLaw Conspectus 7, no. 1 (Winter 1999): 137-51.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS -BOOKS

MacKie-Mason, Jeffrey K. and Christopher Lee. Telecommunications Guide to the Internet. Rockville, Md.: Government Institutes, 1999.

Olufs, Dick. The Making of Telecommunications Policy. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999.

Regulations Under Increasing Competition. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.

Trust in Cyberspace. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1999.

FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PRESS - BOOKS

Bosmajian, Haig A. The Freedom Not to Speak. New York: New York University Press, 1999.

Shriffrin, Steven H. Dissent, Injustice, and the Meanings of America. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1999.

Smith, Jeffrey Alan. War & Press Freedom: The Problem of Prerogative Power. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Steele, Richard W. Free Speech in the Good War. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Strum, Phillippa. When the Nazis Came to Skokie: Freedom for Speech We Hate. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999.

Trager, Robert. Freedom of Expression in the 21st Century. Thousand Oaks, Cal.: Pine Forge Press, 1999.

FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PRESS - ARTICLES


Bunker, Matthew D. "Imperial Paradigms: First Amendment Theory, Legal Interdisciplinarity and Reductionism." Comm. L. & Pol'y 3, no. 4 (Autumn 1998): 515-62.

Calvert, Clay. "The Voyeurism Value in First Amendment Jurisprudence." Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 17, no. 2 (Summer 1999): 273-320.

Chopra, Kunoor. "Peeping Press vs. Private Persecution: A Resolution on the Conflict Between Freedom of the Press and Freedom from the Press." Loy. L.A. Ent. L.J. 19, no. 2 (Winter 1999): 253-77.

Cossom, Charles D. "You Say You Want a Revolution? Fact and Friction Regarding Broadband CMRS and Local Competition." CommLaw Conspectus 7, no. 2 (Summer 1999): 233-78.

Gora, Joel M. "Finley, Forbes and the First Amendment: Does He Who Pays the Piper Call the Tune?" Touro L. Rev. 15, no. 3 (Spring 1999): 965-82.

Gould, Lisa D. "Mad Cows, Offended Emus, and Old Eggs: Perishable Disparagement Law and Free Speech." Wash. L. Rev. 73, no. 4 (Oct. 1998): 1019-50.

Jernigan, Casey L. "The Absolute Privilege Is Not a License to Defame." J. Legal Prof. 23, no. 1 (Spring 1999): 359-371.

Nordhaus, Jamie E. "Celebrities' Rights to Privacy: How Far Should the Paparazzi Be Allowed to Go?" Rev. Litig. 18, no. 2 (Spring 1999): 285-315.

McLeod, Jack M. and others. "A Model of Public Support for First Amendment Rights." Comm. L. & Pol'y 3, no. 4 (Autumn 1998): 479-514.

O'Neil, Robert M. "Free Speech on the Internet: Beyond 'Indecency.' " Jurimetrics J.L. Sci. & Tech. 38, no. 4 (Summer 1998): 617-28.

Pantazis, Annemarie. "Insulating Internet Service Providers from Defamation Liability." Wake Forest L. Rev. 34, no. 2 (Summer 1999): 531-55.

Richards, Robert D. and Clay Calvert. "The 'True Threat' to Cyberspace: Shredding the First Amendment for Faceless Fears." CommLaw Conspectus 7, no. 2 (Summer 1999): 291-96.

Roiphe, Rebecca. "Anti-Paparazzi Legislation." Harv. J. on Legis. 36, no. 1 (Winter 1999): 250- 58.

Ryan, Amy F. "Don't Touch the V-Chip: A Constitutional Defense of the Television Program Rating Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996." Geo. L.J. 87, no. 3 (Feb. 1999): 823- 48.

Schauer, Frederick. "Principles, Institutions, and the First Amendment." Harv. L. Rev. 112, no. 1 (Nov. 1998): 84-120.

Slitt, Andrew J. "The Anonymous Publisher: Defamation on the Internet." Conn. L. Rev. 31, no. 1 (Fall 1998): 390-421.

Sokol, Ronald P. "Freedom of Expression in France: The Mitterand-Dr. Gubler Affair." Tul. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 7 (Spring 1999): 5-42.

Thomas, Jeffrey E. "A Pragmatic Approach to Meaning in Defamation Law." Wake Forest L. Rev. 34, no. 2 (Summer 1999): 333-408.

Tobenkin, David. "The Supreme Court's Denver Nondecision and the Need for a New Media Speaker Paradigm." S. Cal. Interdisciplinary L.J. 7, no. 1 (Summer 1998): 205-53.

Trindade, F.A. "Defaming Politicians-The English Approach." Law Q. Rev. 115 (April 1999): 175-83.

Vick, Douglas W., Linda Macpherson, and Sarah Cooper. "Universities, Defamation, and the Internet." Mod. L. Rev. 62, no. 1 (Jan. 1999): 58-78.

Vittadini Andres, Susana N. "First Amendment Influence in Argentine Republic Law and Jurisprudence." Comm. L. & Pol'y 4, no. 2 (Spring 1999): 149-75.

Voakes, Paul S. "Lessons Learned: A Lawsuit's Impact on Journalistic Behavior." Comm. L. & Pol'y 4, no. 1 (Winter 1999): 87-109.

White, Christian R. "Decrypting the Politics: Why the Clinton Administration's Cryptography Policy Will Continue to Be Dictated by National Economic Interest." CommLaw Conspectus 7, no. 1 (Winter 1999): 193-206.

Wiener, David. "Negligent Publication and Statements Posted on Electronic Bulletin Boards: Is There Any Liability Left After Zeran?" Santa Clara L. Rev. 39, no. 3 (Summer 1999): 905-39.

Zimmerman, David W. "Recent Developments in Media Law and Defamation Torts." Tort and Ins. L.J. 34, no. 2 (Winter 1999): 541-57.