Be prepared for a quiz on the case that will be dramatized next week from the Irons book: Employment Div. v. Smith (#6).
Also, be prepared for questions from the multiple choice quizzes on the textbook Website.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
STUDY GUIDE FOR CH. 6 -- PRIVACY
DUE October 3 at 6 p.m.
1. What are the four areas of privacy law?
2. Choose one of the four areas and define it. Describe a relevant legal case mentioned in your book.
3. What are the defenses against this one area?
4. Name one significant case in this one area of privacy law. Please give the following information about the case: year, facts of case, disposition (ruling) and main points of the opinion.
5. Discuss briefly whether American courts consider it possible for a well-known person to pass his or her right of publicity on to an heir:
6. What are the circumstances in which written consent may not suffice as a defense in an appropriation case?
1. What are the four areas of privacy law?
2. Choose one of the four areas and define it. Describe a relevant legal case mentioned in your book.
3. What are the defenses against this one area?
4. Name one significant case in this one area of privacy law. Please give the following information about the case: year, facts of case, disposition (ruling) and main points of the opinion.
5. Discuss briefly whether American courts consider it possible for a well-known person to pass his or her right of publicity on to an heir:
6. What are the circumstances in which written consent may not suffice as a defense in an appropriation case?
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
STUDY GUIDE FOR LIBEL CH. 4-6: Due Sept. 24
Study Guide for Libel: Chapters 4-6
Due September 24, 2007 at 6 p.m.
Please type; please cite your source (p. #s); if you use direct quote, put in quote marks; otherwise, I’ll assume it’s your own words; please make sure that’s true!
Write the correct terminology for the definitions below.
1. Someone who has thrust him or herself to the forefront of particular public controversies.
2. Can a statement be proven true or false? What is the common or ordinary meaning of the words? What is the journalistic context of the remark? What is the social context of the remark?
3. A plaintiff who needs to prove only negligence to win a libel suit.
4. The publication or broadcast of a statement that injures someone’s reputation.
5. A case that’s very difficult to win, especially if it involves many people.
6. A person elected to a government position and some government employees.
7. Abolished the crime of seditious libel and established the standard of “actual malice.”
8. Protect speech in legislative, judicial forums and in administrative and executive branches of government.
9. Protects reporters in the accurate and disinterested reporting of serious charges made in situations of privileged communication.
10. Includes a number of defenses, including one for rhetorical hyperbole and one for fair comment and criticism.
11. Both an apology and an attempt to set the record straight.
12. Criticism of the government.
13. Hears complaints against the media and issues decisions, but has no legal power.
14. Someone who has general notoriety within the area in which a libel is circulated.
15. Publication, identification, defamation, falsity and fault.
16. Proof of knowledge of falsity or proof of reckless disregard for the truth.
17. Failure to exercise reasonable care in preparing and publishing defamatory material.
18. Between actual malice and simple negligence.
19. A common-law defense that protects the publication of statements of opinion.
20. Oral defamation.
21. Grants the right to report what happens at an official governmental proceeding or transmit the substance of an official governmental report and be immune from libel.
22. Any communication that hold a person up to contempt, hatred, ridicule or scorn.
23. Speech protected from libel suits in order to promote “robust debate” in public discourse.
Due September 24, 2007 at 6 p.m.
Please type; please cite your source (p. #s); if you use direct quote, put in quote marks; otherwise, I’ll assume it’s your own words; please make sure that’s true!
Write the correct terminology for the definitions below.
1. Someone who has thrust him or herself to the forefront of particular public controversies.
2. Can a statement be proven true or false? What is the common or ordinary meaning of the words? What is the journalistic context of the remark? What is the social context of the remark?
3. A plaintiff who needs to prove only negligence to win a libel suit.
4. The publication or broadcast of a statement that injures someone’s reputation.
5. A case that’s very difficult to win, especially if it involves many people.
6. A person elected to a government position and some government employees.
7. Abolished the crime of seditious libel and established the standard of “actual malice.”
8. Protect speech in legislative, judicial forums and in administrative and executive branches of government.
9. Protects reporters in the accurate and disinterested reporting of serious charges made in situations of privileged communication.
10. Includes a number of defenses, including one for rhetorical hyperbole and one for fair comment and criticism.
11. Both an apology and an attempt to set the record straight.
12. Criticism of the government.
13. Hears complaints against the media and issues decisions, but has no legal power.
14. Someone who has general notoriety within the area in which a libel is circulated.
15. Publication, identification, defamation, falsity and fault.
16. Proof of knowledge of falsity or proof of reckless disregard for the truth.
17. Failure to exercise reasonable care in preparing and publishing defamatory material.
18. Between actual malice and simple negligence.
19. A common-law defense that protects the publication of statements of opinion.
20. Oral defamation.
21. Grants the right to report what happens at an official governmental proceeding or transmit the substance of an official governmental report and be immune from libel.
22. Any communication that hold a person up to contempt, hatred, ridicule or scorn.
23. Speech protected from libel suits in order to promote “robust debate” in public discourse.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Study Guide for Chapter 4
There is no study guide for Chapter 4. BE PREPARED FOR A SHORT QUIZ ON THAT CHAPTER IN CLASS. One way to prepare for it is to review the study guide and quiz questions on the textbook Website.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
STUDY GUIDE FOR CH. 5: Due at 6 p.m., Sept. 19
STUDY GUIDE FOR CH. 5: Communication Law Fall ‘07
Due 9/19/07
1. Explain the difference between a public and a private person for purposes of libel law.
2. Describe the differences between the following:
a. Public Official
b. Limited-Purpose Public Figure
c. All-Purpose Public Figure
3. Explain the difference between negligence and actual malice in libel law. Give at least one example from cases described in your textbook.
4. What was the New York Times vs. Sullivan case and why is it considered one of the most important First Amendment cases in American history?
Due 9/19/07
1. Explain the difference between a public and a private person for purposes of libel law.
2. Describe the differences between the following:
a. Public Official
b. Limited-Purpose Public Figure
c. All-Purpose Public Figure
3. Explain the difference between negligence and actual malice in libel law. Give at least one example from cases described in your textbook.
4. What was the New York Times vs. Sullivan case and why is it considered one of the most important First Amendment cases in American history?
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Chapter 3 Study Guide: Due Wed., Sept. 12, 6 p.m.
STUDY GUIDE FOR COMMUNICATION LAW Fall 07, Ch. 3
“Contemporary Problems”
NOTE: PLEASE TYPE -- DO NOT HANDWRITE. Thank you.
The following is a list of some of the contemporary free speech issues discussed in your book.
1. Student free speech rights: k-12 schools and colleges, including student media and book banning
2. Time, place and manner restrictions for demonstrations, soliciting, etc.
3. The war on terrorism
4. Election campaigns
5. Prior restraint
6. Hate speech and fighting words
Choose any two from the list and write 400-500 words on each issue, addressing the following:
What, exactly, are the special, specific and, possibly, new contemporary First Amendment concerns about this topic? What kinds of decisions have the courts had to make about this issue recently? Have First Amendment rights in this area expanded in recent years or been more curtailed? Please explain your answer. Which of the cases mentioned do you find the most interesting? Why?
If you copy any portion of your answer directly from the book, please use quote marks and clearly note which page(s) you are quoting from. I expect most of this to be in your own words, not the book’s. You are welcome to consult other sources, including people.
“Contemporary Problems”
NOTE: PLEASE TYPE -- DO NOT HANDWRITE. Thank you.
The following is a list of some of the contemporary free speech issues discussed in your book.
1. Student free speech rights: k-12 schools and colleges, including student media and book banning
2. Time, place and manner restrictions for demonstrations, soliciting, etc.
3. The war on terrorism
4. Election campaigns
5. Prior restraint
6. Hate speech and fighting words
Choose any two from the list and write 400-500 words on each issue, addressing the following:
What, exactly, are the special, specific and, possibly, new contemporary First Amendment concerns about this topic? What kinds of decisions have the courts had to make about this issue recently? Have First Amendment rights in this area expanded in recent years or been more curtailed? Please explain your answer. Which of the cases mentioned do you find the most interesting? Why?
If you copy any portion of your answer directly from the book, please use quote marks and clearly note which page(s) you are quoting from. I expect most of this to be in your own words, not the book’s. You are welcome to consult other sources, including people.
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