Product Description: In this history of debate over journalists confidential sources, starting in 1894, Smith employs contemporary theories of constitutional interpretation to weave a surprising narrative melding legislature-made statutory law and court-made constitutional law...read more

Product Description: Shepard examines how subpoenas for newsgathering information have raised both old and new legal and ethical problems for journalists seeking to protect confidential sources. He explores the ethical and legal evolution of journalistic privilege drawing on cases from the 19th century, the First Amendment principle that emerged in the middle of the 20th century, the public policy implications debated in congressional hearings in the 1970s, and the rise and fall of common law protections in the federal courts between 1972 and 2003...read more

Product Description: The Sacrament of Penance and Religious Life in Golden Age Spain explores the practice of sacramental confession in Spain between roughly 1500 and 1700. One of the most significant points of contact between the laity and ecclesiastical hierarchy, confession lay at the heart of attempts to bring religious reformation to bear upon the lives of early modern Spaniards...read more

Citing his own involvement in the case of Valerie Plame, the former editor-in-chief for Time Inc. explains how the issue of confidentiality and anonymous sources has been used as a weapon against the press by the White House to protect government malfeasance.

Citing his own involvement in the case of Valerie Plame, the former editor-in-chief for Time Inc. explains how the issue of confidentiality and anonymous sources has been used as a weapon against the press by the White House to protect government malfeasance.

Citing his own involvement in the case of Valerie Plame, as well as Watergate and the publication of the Pentagon Papers, the former editor-in-chief for Time Inc. explains how the issue of confidentiality and anonymous sources has been used as a weapon against the press by the White House to protect government malfeasance. Simultaneous.

Product Description: Cohen v. Cowles Media Company changed the course of First Amendment media law. After a quarter century of decisions interpreting the First Amendment to give media organizations preferential treatment, the Supreme Court ruled in 1991 that the Constitution did not give the press immunity from the laws ordinary citizens must obey...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)