Audio-visual coverage of courts / Daniel Stepniak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stepniak, Daniel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and judicial power.

Conduct of court proceedings.

Crime and the press.

Law reporting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 504 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Researched over a period of 15 years by an author who has personally participated in the debate internationally, Audio-Visual Coverage of Courts was the first book to undertake a comprehensive comparative study of televised court proceedings in Great Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Exhaustive in his identification and analysis of relevant law and key developments, Daniel Stepniak draws on hitherto unpublished primary sources to undertake a largely unprecedented examination of the experiences of non-US courts. Through analysis of the regulation of audio-visual reporting, the author outlines a theoretical framework and proven action plan for the attainment of the potential benefits of audio-visual coverage, arguing that technological advances, acknowledgement of legally enforceable rights and, above all, judicial recognition of courts' vested interest in facilitating coverage in order to promote greater public access and understanding of judicial proceedings, have led audio-visual coverage to be increasingly perceived as desirable.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. United Kingdom

3. Key American experiences

4. Canada

5. Australia

6. New Zealand

7. Comparative analysis of findings and conclusions

App. 1. Persons consulted

App. 2. Guidelines for electronic coverage of judicial proceedings, Western Australian courts (1996).

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780511493911

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.