Journalists' Privilege To Withhold Information in Judicial 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 Supreme Court and lower court rulings. Discusses pros and cons of a Federal shield law for journalists, and legal issues involved. Presents te...

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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], 1983.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Judge-made law. Freedom of the press. Privileges and immunities. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	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 Supreme Court and lower court rulings. Discusses pros and cons of a Federal shield law for journalists, and legal issues involved. Presents texts of all State shield laws.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.