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A Right Of Access To The Courtroom : The Burger Court's Search For A Definition, Sandra D. Bowen
A Right Of Access To The Courtroom : The Burger Court's Search For A Definition, Sandra D. Bowen
Master's Theses
The purpose of this study is to analyze Supreme Court pronouncements concerning a right of public access to criminal proceedings in order to determine to what extent the Court has recognized a constitutional guarantee of a public trial as it may apply to the accused and to the public and press. Because the question of public access to the courtroom is a relatively new one, this study is principally centered on recent cases which were decided exclusively by the Burger Court, providing a unique opportunity for a "case study." Consequently, a secondary thrust of the study is an analysis of …