Media law covers many areas.  It may include libel, slander and defamation; practical concerns such as cable tv or dealing with the FCC; general considerations about mass communication law; or how an attorney may deal with the media.  Below is a sampling of titles in the Law Library that address these issues.

Advertising and Commercial Speech: A First Amendment Guide, by P. Cameron DeVore and Robert D. Sack.  Practising Law Institute, 1999.

All About Cable: Legal and Business Aspects of Cable and Pay Television, by James C. Goodale.  Law Journal Press, 1981.

Cable Television Law, 2005.  Practising Law Institute, 2005.

Communications Law, 2004.  Practising Law Institute, 2004.

Law of Defamation, 2d ed., by Rodney A. Smolla.  West Group, 1999.

Lawyers and Reporters: Understanding and Working with the Media.  American Bar Association, 2000.

Libel and Privacy by Bruce W. Sandford.  Aspen Publishers, 1991.

Mass Communication Law in a Nutshell, by T. Barton Carter.  West Group, 2000.

Modern Communication Law, by Harvey L. Zuckman.  West Group, 1999.

Sack on Defamation: Libel, Slander, and Related Problems, 3rd ed., by Robert D. Sack.  Practising Law Institute, 1999.

Telecommunications Convergence:  Implications for the Industry & for the Practicing Lawyer.  Practising Law Institute, 2002.

Please visit the Law Library and check these titles out.