Cases in Communications Law | 
| Author: John Zelezny
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $60.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 129311
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.2
ISBN: 0495050458
Dewey Decimal Number: 343
EAN: 9780495050452
ASIN: 0495050458
Publication Date: April 18, 2006
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CASES IN COMMUNICATIONS LAW presents cases that will familiarize you with authoritative judicial reasoning on key principles of communications law. Most of the cases are from the United States Supreme Court and stand as precedents that all other courts in the nation must follow.
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 Expensive Reprint of Free Information December 17, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is a great example of the passive exploitation of the college textbook market. Publishers have perfected the art of having an expert slap together material that is not elaborated upon enough for advanced students, or which repackages information that can be obtained cheaply (or freely) elsewhere. Then the publisher can charge a grossly inflated price for the book, encourage professors to require it for students, then keep the price high by forcing scarcity in the marketplace for those same students who are forced to buy a copy at any cost. This particular book will only ever be purchased by college students in communications law, most of whom can get 99.9% of the knowledge herein for FREE. Here's the rub - this book is almost entirely made up of reprints of court case documents, which record the rulings and reasonings of judges. But if you are a college student - that is, a member of the only possible market demographic for this book - then your college probably offers free or inexpensive access to database services (such as LexisNexis or WestLaw) that compile this information for scholars.
In this book, the "author" Zelezny has supplied a brief introduction that is so brief as to be useless. Then each chapter has an introductory page that features a paragraph on the overall topic, followed by a list of one-sentence descriptions of why each of the selected cases is of interest. Then the court documents for each of the cases are simply reproduced (with some omissions that enhance brevity but damage full learning), and only a handful of those cases are supported by any explanatory introductions or conclusions from Zelezny. In short, Zelezny just barely tells you why he's reprinting information that is free elsewhere. Instead of buying this completely extraneous book, the student would be better served by simply learning which cases are considered classics in communications law, then reading the cases (plus their supporting documents to boot) on the computer network offered by the campus that holds the class that requires this book. Guess which one costs less. [~doomsdayer520~]
 Nice September 1, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
My book arrived within five days of placing my order, which was wonderful because I started class the very next day. There was some writing in it as described, but I don't care because it's a book, and as long as I can read the text, that's all that's really important. Anyway, the book was in great condition, it was the right edition, and it's easy to read. Thanks for the great service!
Good Reason It's a CLASSIC! (9th Ed./InfoTrac Incl.) May 2, 2002
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
"Must-have" if you're interested in law or law school bound...Superb reference and learning book (there is also a Study Guide -- harder to find); you'll keep this book for years of use! If you take a Criminal Justice course, this is the text you should hope the prof demands. It is truly the best out there. Yes, it's pricy - but worth every dollar.
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