Press and Media Access to the Criminal Courtroom

Freedman here presents a comprehensive discussion of an issue of growing importance to both the legal profession and the communications industry: the extent to which media coverage of criminal court proceedings should be permitted. As Freedman points out, the central question is how to strike the appropriate balance between the public's right to information and the individual's right to privacy. In Press and Media Access to the Criminal Courtroom, he reviews the underlying legal principles and constitutional issues, describes the important cases that have shaped current legal thinking, and provides citations of the applicable case law.Warren Freedman is the author of 'Press and Media Access to the Criminal Courtroom', published 1988 under ISBN 9780899303284 and ISBN 0899303285.