War and Press Freedom: The Problem of Prerogative Power - Couverture souple

Smith, Jeffrey A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 019509946X ISBN 13 : 9780195099461

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1999

Synopsis

In the two centuries from the ratification of the First Amendment in 1791 through the Gulf War in 1991, the American press lacked an adequate right to analyze and report on the nation's armed conflicts. When restrictions were challenged as violations of the Constitution, military regulations and federal laws were justified as necessary under the "higher law" of survival. Is there law more important than the Constitution which allows prerogative powers to be used in a time of war or national crisis? This groundbreaking and provocative study, examining law and history over these two hundred years, argues that press freedom cannot and should not be suspended during armed conflict. The military and the media must work together because neither has authority over the other.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jeffery A. Smith is a professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of Iowa.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 019509946X
• ISBN 13: 9780195099461
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 338
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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