Author

Contributions

  • Dow, David, 1937- - Contributor

Publication

1998 - McFarland, Jefferson, N.C, North Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

48,250 words, Guess

Page Count

193 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing3507772
  • Goodreads769727

Classifications

  • DDC347.73/12
  • LCCKF8726 .C63 1998

Description

Through interviews with numerous legal scholars, judges, attorneys, defendants, jurors, witnesses, and journalists, relevant issues are thoroughly examined in this balanced discussion of television in the courtroom. The impact of the cameras in several recent trials, such as those of O.J. Simpson, Wi and the Menendez brothers, is analyzed, as well as a number of recent cases in which cameras were excluded, including those of Susan Smith and Rodney King. Why the courts, including the Supreme Court, have traditionally excluded cameras is fully covered, and an historical perspective on televised trials is provided. A look at Court TV provides an instructive overview of the good and bad of television coverage, while the concluding sections of the work focus on the future of cameras in the courtroom.

Subjects

Topics

DroitTelevisionLive-SendungFernsehsendungLegal etiquetteLaw and legislationGerichtsverhandlung

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