| An Open Courtroom: Cameras in New York Courts New York State Committee to Review Audio-Visual Coverage of Court Proceedings Contributor(s): New York State Committee to Review Audio (Author), New York State Co (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823218090 ISBN-13: 9780823218097 Publisher: Fordham University Press OUR PRICE: $61.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 1997 Annotation: On June 30, 1997, the experiment, initiated in 1987, that gave trial judges discretion to allow televised and still-camera coverage of civil and criminal trial court proceedings in New York State came to an end. After two years of investigation, a 12-member, state-appointed committee has issued its findings and recommendations on the question of cameras in New York courts. Their results are contained in An Open Courtroom. This book offers: an introduction, executive summary; overview of the committees work; a summary of the current law; overview of camera laws in other states and in federal courts; summary of the committees record; the committees assessment and conclusions; recommendation; appendices which include the results of a jurist poll and the committees judicial survey, interviews, and other pertinent data; and a minority report/ dissent arguing against the committees recommendations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Courts - General - Law | Civil Procedure - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 347.747 |
| LCCN: 97016512 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.43" W x 9.55" (1.24 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On June 30, 1997, the experiment, initiated in 1987, that gave trial judges discretion to allow televised and still-camera coverage of civil and criminal trial court proceedings in New York State came to an end. After two years of investigation, a 12-member, state-appointed committee has issued its findings and recommendations on the question of cameras in New York courts. Their results are contained in An Open Courtroom. This book offers: an introduction, executive summary; overview of the committee's work; a summary of the current law; overview of camera laws in other states and in federal courts; summary of the committee's record; the committee's assessment and conclusions; recommendation; appendices which include the results of a jurist poll and the committee's judicial survey, interviews, and other pertinent data; and a minority report/ dissent arguing against the committee's recommendations. |