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Product Description The First Amendment and the Fifth Estate, Fifth Edition, examines the opinions and decisions of the overnmental bodies most directl responsible for the laws and regulations that apply to the electronic mass media: Congress, the FCC, and the courts. A part of the University Casebook Series, it includes selected cases designed to illustrate the development of a body of law on a particular subject. Text and explanatory materials designed for law study accompany the cases. About the Author Professor of Journalism, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University