Which Freedom of the Press? The Press Conceived as an 'Open Forum' or a 'Privileged Watchdog'
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Which Freedom of the Press? The Press Conceived as an 'Open Forum' or a 'Privileged Watchdog'. / Rytter, Jens Elo.
In: Scandinavian Studies in Law, Vol. 55, 2010, p. 181-209.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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T1 - Which Freedom of the Press?
T2 - The Press Conceived as an 'Open Forum' or a 'Privileged Watchdog'
AU - Rytter, Jens Elo
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The article surveys the historical and current meaning of "Freedom of the Press" in constitutional and human rights law. Two different conceptions exist, the narrow one defining freedom of the press as the freedom of every one to publish without prior restraint, the broader one defining it as a privileged freedom of the organised press to gather and report on information of public interest. These two conceptions have very different answers to the question of whether the press should enjoy some privilege to be exempt from ordinary legislation when such legislation restricts the access of the press to inform the public on matters of public interest.
AB - The article surveys the historical and current meaning of "Freedom of the Press" in constitutional and human rights law. Two different conceptions exist, the narrow one defining freedom of the press as the freedom of every one to publish without prior restraint, the broader one defining it as a privileged freedom of the organised press to gather and report on information of public interest. These two conceptions have very different answers to the question of whether the press should enjoy some privilege to be exempt from ordinary legislation when such legislation restricts the access of the press to inform the public on matters of public interest.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 55
SP - 181
EP - 209
JO - Scandinavian Studies in Law
JF - Scandinavian Studies in Law
SN - 0085-5944
ER -
ID: 17555721