TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Dean C.
TI  - A theory of shield laws: journalists, their sources, and popular constitutionalism 
T2  - Law & society : recent scholarship
SN  - 159332720X
AV  - KF8959.P7 S65 2013
U1  - 342.7308/53 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - El Paso
PB  - LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC
KW  - Confidential communications
KW  - Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Journalists
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Freedom of the press
KW  - Liberté de la presse
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - LAW
KW  - Constitutional
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Public
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : journalists, shield laws, and popular constitutionalism -- Innovation in the 1890s : the real story behind the nation's first shield law -- Raising the stakes in 1929 : the quest for a federal shield law begins -- Pressing the First Amendment in 1968 : Annette Buchanan and the road to Branzburg v. Hayes -- Dialogue from 1972 to 1982 : talking back to branzburg in congress, the states, and courts -- Consensus in the 1990s and beyond : legislative stare decisis and the rise of super-statutes -- Where we are today : conclusions and recommendations
N2  - In this history of debate over journalists' confidential sources, starting in 1894, Smith employs contemporary theories of constitutional interpretation to weave a surprising narrative melding legislature-made statutory law and court-made constitutional law. Working under the banner of ""popular constitutionalism, "" Smith tests Michael Gerhardt's theory of non-judicial precedents to illuminate the role journalists and press advocates played in shaping the path of constitutional law and giving voice to deeply felt First Amendment values. Along the way, the author corrects the historical record
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