Media Freedom and Contempt of Court

Eric Barendt is a Professor in Faculty of Law at the University College London, UK

• Contents: Introduction; Part I The Open Justice Principle: Courts, transparency and public confidence - to the better administration of justice, Beverley McLachlin; The principle of open justice: a comparative perspective, J.J. Spigelman; A public right to know about public institutions: the 1st Amendment as sword, Anthony Lewis; Name suppression: an adjunct to the presumption of innocence and to mitigation of sentence, Roderick Munday; Automatic reporting restrictions in criminal proceedings and Article 10 of the ECHR, Ian Cram; Democracy and the demystification of courts: an essay, David A. Anderson. Part II Cameras in the Court-Room: Courts on television, Martin Dockray; Cameras in the courtroom - not without my consent, M. David Lepofsky; A comparative analysis of 1st Amendment rights and the televising of court proceedings, Daniel Stepniak. Part III Prejudicial Media Publicity: Punishing the press: using contempt of court to secure the right to a fair trial, Stephen J. Krause; You say 'fair trial' and I say 'free press': British and American approaches to protecting defendants' rights in high profile trials, Joanne Armstrong Brandwood; Pre-trial publicity and its treatment in the English courts, David Corker and Michael Levi; Fundamental rights, fair trials and the new audio-visual sector, Clive Walker; Empirical and legal perspectives on the impact of pre-trial publicity, T.M. Honess, S. Barker, E.A. Charman and M. Levi. Part IV Journalists' Privilege Not to Reveal Sources: Protecting journalists' sources: Section 10, Contempt of Court Act 1981, Stephanie Palmer; The priestly class: reflections on a journalist's privilege, William E. Lee; Protection against judicially compelled disclosure of the identity of news gatherers confidential sources in common law jurisdictions, Janice Brabyn; Name index.