An Open Courtroom: Cameras in New York Courts New York State Committee to Review Audio-Visual Coverage of Court Proceedings Contributor(s): Committee, New York State (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823218104 ISBN-13: 9780823218103 Publisher: Fordham University Press OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 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: 0.55" H x 6.02" W x 9.22" (0.82 lbs) 244 pages |
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
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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. |