Freedom of the Press: A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution »

LYRISSA BARNETT LIDSKY is University of Florida Research Foundation Professor at the Levin College of Law in Gainesville, Florida.

R. GEORGE WRIGHT is the Michael D. McCormick Professor at the Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis.

The series seeks to provide the legal and community and general citizens with a guide to all aspects of the US Constitution as written and interpreted over the centuries. Law scholars Lidksy (U. of Florida-Gainesville) and Wright (Indiana U.-Indianapolis) take on the freedom of the press as articulated in the First Amendment. They look at the theory and method of analysis, prior restraints, content-based and content-neutral regulation, liability for publications that invade privacy or inflict emotional distress, the legal regulation of harmful media effects on unconsenting or vulnerable people, investigating news-gathering and neutral limits on press rights, and police operations and the press. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR