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The Resilient Foundation Of Democracy: The Legal Deconstruction Of The Washington Posts's Condemnation Of Edward Snowden, Hanna Kim
Indiana Law Journal
On September 17, 2016, The Washington Post (“the Post”) made history by being the first paper to ever call for the criminal prosecution of its own source —Edward Snowden. Yet, two years prior to this editorial, the Post accepted the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Public Service for its “revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency”—an honor which would not have been bestowed had Snowden not leaked the documents through this news outlet. The other three major media outlets that received and published Snowden’s documents and findings—The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Intercept—all have taken the …
In Re Akhbar Beirut & Al Amin, Monica Hakimi
In Re Akhbar Beirut & Al Amin, Monica Hakimi
Articles
On August 29, 2016, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (Tribunal) sentenced a corporate media enterprise and one of its employees for contemptuously interfering with the Tribunal's proceedings in Ayyash, a prosecution concerning the February 2005 terrorist attack that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. The contempt decision is significant for two reasons: (1) it adopts an expansive definition of the crime of contempt to restrict a journalist's freedom of expression; and (2) it is the first international judicial decision to hold a corporate entity criminally responsible.
Media Law & Ethics Enter The 21st Century, Introduction To Symposium, Richard J. Peltz-Steele
Media Law & Ethics Enter The 21st Century, Introduction To Symposium, Richard J. Peltz-Steele
Faculty Publications
We stand now on the verge of the twenty-first century: an artificial construct yes, but a culturally significant time nonetheless. We are the world the Hutchins Commission foresaw: the world of nations seeking understanding, seeking destiny. We will not predict the future with perfect accuracy, though we will try, because that is out nature. In our effort, we must be mindful that the questions we are asking are not new; they have been asked before and will be asked again. But let us see what we have to say about them today.
Journalists And Terrorism: Captives Of The Libertarian Tradition, Walter B. Jaehnig
Journalists And Terrorism: Captives Of The Libertarian Tradition, Walter B. Jaehnig
Indiana Law Journal
Terrorism and the Media: Legal Responses, Symposium
Shield Laws: Partial Solution To A Pervasive Problem, Robert M. O'Neil
Shield Laws: Partial Solution To A Pervasive Problem, Robert M. O'Neil
Articles by Maurer Faculty
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