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The Law: Using Federal and State Codes and Cases....: For Communication

How many times have you started to write a research paper and wondered what does the law say about this?

To Find an Act- No Child Left Behind Act

  Using Lexis Nexis.

1.Click on the U. S. Legal tab. Left Side.

2. Click on Federal Statutes, Code & Regulations.

3.  Type in No Child Left Behind Act- set search to Public Law.. Search.

Lexis Nexis gives this tip on their database: Popular Names of Laws

“Popular names of laws are not used in the US Code. To look up a law by its popular name, search in Public Laws. There you will find the Public Law version of the law as well as citations to the sections of the US Code that embody the law.”

4. You will see citations like this:

107 P.L. 110; 115 Stat. 1425; 2002 Enacted H.R. 1; 107 Enacted H.R. 1, PUBLIC LAW 107-110 [H.R. 1], JAN. 08, 2002, NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF 2001

 

Malice and Freedom of Speech....

Situation:

You are a Communication student in a Journalism Law class.  How are these cases and the Freedom of Speech related to your future job?

N. Y. Times v. Sullivan

N. Y. Times v. Gertz

 

Freedom of Speech....

To search the Constitution of the United States ( Freedom of Speech for example),

1.    Go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html.

       This is the Main Search Page.  Scroll down look for the TEXT or PDF versions.

       Use the first document under Other U. S. Constitution Publications on GPO Access.

       Open the document and read down the amendments. Search for Freedom of Speech. View "Amendment 1"

2.    Another useful cite is http://thomas.gov/

       If you scroll down you will see that you can view the Constitution of the United States.

       Search for Public Laws and MUCH MUCH MORE.

N.Y. Times v. Sullivan

After opening Library Database called Lexis Nexis Academic-

1.Use the form for Look Up a Case.. 

2. Click on Federal and State Cases; this searches both Federal and State cases simultaneously.

3. In the form fill out the By Party part. Type New York Times. On the other side of the "v" type in Sullivan.

4.  Pubic Official must prove defamatory statement was made with malice; the statement had to be

    false or made with reckless disregard.

5. Now you look up N. Y. Times v. Gertz

Fantasy Sports Law

Posted at YouTube.com by user ddptube. The use states, "This video is from Forbes.com and is being used for my Fantasy Sports & Sport Video Gaming Course. "

Cyber Bullying

Posted by CBS on YouTube.com. This is Katie Couric's Notebook. 

Internet Piracy

"Internet Piracy" by the  from the website: www.whatyououghttoknow.com.