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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451415803321

Autore

Cram Ian

Titolo

A virtue less cloistered : courts, speech, and constitutions / Ian Cram

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2002

ISBN

1-4725-5926-6

1-280-80890-X

9786610808908

1-84731-165-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

342.08/53

Soggetti

Courts

Freedom of speech

Freedom of the press

Free press and fair trial

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Landscape of Justiciable Problems -- Chapter 3. Strategies for Resolving Justiciable Problems -- Chapter 4. The Response to Problems of Different Types -- Chapter 5. Outcomes -- Chapter 6. Fulfilling Objectives? -- Chapter 7. Experiences and Perceptions of the Legal System -- Chapter 8. Paths to Justice: Which Way Now?

Sommario/riassunto

Whilst paying lip service to the importance of public access to court proceedings and its corollary of unfettered media reporting,a trawl through common law jurisdictions reveals that judges and legislators have been responsible for substantial inroads into the ideal of open justice. Outside of the US, judges and legislators have long subordinated media freedom to report and comment upon matters relating to the administration of justice in order to safeguard the fairness of individual proceedings, public confidence in the administration of justice more generally or even individual privacy concerns. The subject matter of this book is a comparative treatment of



constitutional protection for open justice. Focusing on developments in the legal systems of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Australia, the monograph draws upon the constitutionalization of expression interests across the common law world to engage in a much needed re-assessment of the basis and extent of permissible restraints on speech