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The First Amendment and the Free Press: A Comment on Some New Trends and Some Old Theories


William W. Van Alstyne


William & Mary Law School

January 12, 2012

Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1980
William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-204

Abstract:     
Responding to the trend of media rights being subjugated through the legal process, this article examines Justice Stewart's suggestion that the media should be treated with extra deference in First Amendment cases. This examination looks at the sufficiency of the press's claim of judicial harshness, whether the press should be treated differently than other speakers, and also compares press freedom in foreign nations.

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Keywords: First Amendment, media, press

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Date posted: January 12, 2012 ; Last revised: January 22, 2012

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Van Alstyne, William W., The First Amendment and the Free Press: A Comment on Some New Trends and Some Old Theories (January 12, 2012). Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1980; William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-204. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1983286

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