Product Description: In the wake of the US Telecommunications Act of 1996, the true impact of this sweeping legislation is becoming increasingly evident. This text provides coverage of the radical effects this reform has had on the telecommunications industry...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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This casebook-plus-commentary offers a basic basic introduction to the regulation of the telephone and other common carriers, such as cable, broadcast and video distribution. The materials relating to telecommumications regulation are critically important to understanding the legal and policy landscape of telecommunications today, but this is the first time these materials have been sifted, excerpted, given context and ordered in a readily accessible way. The book presumes no specialized background in technology, law or economics and therefore provides an ideal introduction to this increasingly important field for professionals as well as for scholars and students interested in any aspect of communications and communications policy. (view table of contents)

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Records the Supreme Court's key decisions concerning freedom of expression and the mass media, with excerpts from court opinions

Product Description: This book is intended to provide such a big picture - to be a kind of road map through the maze of telecommunication deregulation.