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Gleason, Timothy W. – 1987
The establishment of First Amendment protection for statements of opinion has extended the category of protected expression, but judicially created tests for distinguishing fact from opinion provide limited guidance for judges and place little constraint on judicial interpretation of language. In writing the Supreme Court's majority opinion in…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Constitutional Law, Court Judges, Court Litigation
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Direct linkDavies, Mark R.; Lee, Barbara A. – Education and the Law, 2008
This paper provides a comparative snapshot of the current state of the law in the US and UK with respect to potential liability of university and college students for use (and misuse) of social networking sites. It reviews the limited case law on this topic, highlights the differences in the two nations' laws of defamation and the various possible…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, College Students, Web Sites
Download full textAssociation for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1998
The Law section of the Proceedings contains the following 13 papers: "Link Law: The Evolving Law of Internet Hyperlinks" (Mark Sableman); "Bits, Bytes and the Right to Know: How the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Holds the Key to Public Access to a Wealth of Useful Government Databases" (Martin E. Halstuk);…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Computer Mediated Communication, Freedom of Information, Government Role
Conn, Kathleen – 2002
This book discusses the key legal issues public schools face in using the World Wide Web, e-mail, and other computer technologies. Chapter 1 covers the foundations of school Internet law, including Supreme Court decisions, the legal standard of conduct, standards for technology literacy, and federal vs. state law. Chapter 2 discusses freedom of…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Copyrights, Court Litigation, Electronic Mail
Bazluke, Francine Tilewick – 1996
This monograph reviews the law applying to defamation issues, cites various judicial decisions that affect colleges and universities, and offers guidance for minimizing the risk of defamation liability. It defines the two subclasses of defamatory statements: first, libel, which is a recorded or printed statement, and second, slander, which is…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Civil Liberties, College Administration, Compliance (Legal)
