Journalists' Privilege To Withhold Information in Judicial and Legislative Proceedings.

Traces the development of the Supreme Court case which holds that journalists have no privilege to refuse to testify before a grand jury, and considers later lower court rulings not involving a grand jury. Discusses pros and cons of a Federal shield law for journalists, and legal issues involved. Pr...

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Bibliographic Details

Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1978.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Judge-made law. Freedom of the press. Witnesses. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book