Arthur S. Hayes (MA, Fordham University; J.D., Quinnipiac University), has taught media law to undergraduate and graduate students at New York University, Quinnipiac University, and now at Fordham University for more than 15 years. Before joining academia, he was a legal journalist and worked as a staff writer for the American Lawyer magazine, and The Wall Street Journal, and as an associate editor with the National Law Journal. He is the author of Press Critics Are the Fifth Estate: Media Watchdogs in America which was selected as a finalist for the 2009 Tankard Book Award.

• Contents: Principles of Legal Reasoning and First Amendment Theory – History and Impact of Media Law – Cyberspace & Free Expression – Defamation: Common Law Elements – Defamation: Constitutional and Cyber Law – Privacy Prior – Restraints & Subsequent Punishments – Reporter’s Privilege – Access to Government Records, Property & Services – Fair Trial/Free Press – Broadcast & Cable Television Regulation – Sexual Expression & the First Amendment – Copyright Law – Copyright, New Technologies & Trademark – Commercial Speech.

«This remarkable study is sophisticated enough to challenge the expert, yet clear enough to engage, and inform,lay readers and students.» (Martin B. Margulies, Professor Emeritus of Law, Quinnipiac University School of Law)«Arthur S. Hayes has produced a media law text that superbly captures the dramatically changing technological, institutional, and legal dynamics of the mass media sector, and that provides compelling points of entry for media and communications students to complex legal issues. This is an impressively comprehensive piece of work.» (Hilip M. Napoli, Director, Donald McGannon Communication Research Center, Fordham University)

Arthur S. Hayes (MA, Fordham University; J.D., Quinnipiac University), has taught media law to undergraduate and graduate students at New York University, Quinnipiac University, and now at Fordham University for more than 15 years. Before joining academia, he was a legal journalist and worked as a staff writer for the American Lawyer magazine, and The Wall Street Journal, and as an associate editor with the National Law Journal. He is the author of Press Critics Are the Fifth Estate: Media Watchdogs in America which was selected as a finalist for the 2009 Tankard Book Award.

• Contents: Principles of Legal Reasoning and First Amendment Theory – History and Impact of Media Law – Cyberspace & Free Expression – Defamation: Common Law Elements – Defamation: Constitutional and Cyber Law – Privacy Prior – Restraints & Subsequent Punishments – Reporter’s Privilege – Access to Government Records, Property & Services – Fair Trial/Free Press – Broadcast & Cable Television Regulation – Sexual Expression & the First Amendment – Copyright Law – Copyright, New Technologies & Trademark – Commercial Speech.

«This remarkable study is sophisticated enough to challenge the expert, yet clear enough to engage, and inform,lay readers and students.» (Martin B. Margulies, Professor Emeritus of Law, Quinnipiac University School of Law)«Arthur S. Hayes has produced a media law text that superbly captures the dramatically changing technological, institutional, and legal dynamics of the mass media sector, and that provides compelling points of entry for media and communications students to complex legal issues. This is an impressively comprehensive piece of work.» (Hilip M. Napoli, Director, Donald McGannon Communication Research Center, Fordham University)

Arthur S. Hayes (MA, Fordham University; J.D., Quinnipiac University), has taught media law to undergraduate and graduate students at New York University, Quinnipiac University, and now at Fordham University for more than 15 years. Before joining academia, he was a legal journalist and worked as a staff writer for the American Lawyer magazine, and The Wall Street Journal, and as an associate editor with the National Law Journal. He is the author of Press Critics Are the Fifth Estate: Media Watchdogs in America which was selected as a finalist for the 2009 Tankard Book Award.

• Contents: Principles of Legal Reasoning and First Amendment Theory – History and Impact of Media Law – Cyberspace & Free Expression – Defamation: Common Law Elements – Defamation: Constitutional and Cyber Law – Privacy Prior – Restraints & Subsequent Punishments – Reporter’s Privilege – Access to Government Records, Property & Services – Fair Trial/Free Press – Broadcast & Cable Television Regulation – Sexual Expression & the First Amendment – Copyright Law – Copyright, New Technologies & Trademark – Commercial Speech.

«This remarkable study is sophisticated enough to challenge the expert, yet clear enough to engage, and inform,lay readers and students.» (Martin B. Margulies, Professor Emeritus of Law, Quinnipiac University School of Law)«Arthur S. Hayes has produced a media law text that superbly captures the dramatically changing technological, institutional, and legal dynamics of the mass media sector, and that provides compelling points of entry for media and communications students to complex legal issues. This is an impressively comprehensive piece of work.» (Hilip M. Napoli, Director, Donald McGannon Communication Research Center, Fordham University)