Media freedom and contempt of court library of essays in media law ebook barendt eric amazonca kindle store. Media freedom and contempt of court by e m barendt unknown edition librarylink worldcat buy this book better world books amazon bookshoporg share this book facebook twitter pinterest embed edit last edited by importbot august 14 2020 history an edition of media freedom and contempt of court 2009 media freedom and contempt of court by e m barendt 0 ratings 0 . The essays discuss the restrictions imposed by contempt of court and other laws on media freedom to attend and report legal proceedings part i contains leading articles on the open justice principle they examine the extent to which departures from that principle should be allowed to protect the rights of parties in particular the accused in criminal proceedings to a fair trial and their . Committing contempt of court is arguably the most serious legal risk for journalists and also for non journalists who share unsafe material on social media it can result in a very large fine or even prison as well as potentially causing the collapse of a trial as has happened