Com 400 Com Law: 

Calendar, Spring--2004

Dr. Janet McMullen

Assigned Reading Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
January 2003 12 13 14Intro to Course 15 16 American Legal System
Middleton: Ch 1 19 MLK DAY 20 21 American Legal System 22 23 Legal System, Cont.
Middleton: Ch 2 28 Historical Perspective 27  28 Theory of First Amendment 29  30 Theory of First Amendment
February    2 Prior Restraint; Near V. Minnesota; Agnew Speech 3 4  Prior Restraint; Times v. U.S. 5 6 Prepublication agreements; finish 1st Am.
Middleton: Ch 3 9  Libel  10 11 Exam 1 12 13 Times v. Sullivan 
16 Libel, cont. 17  18 Libel, cont. 19 20 Winter Break!
Middleton: Ch 4 23 Privacy 24 25 Privacy/ Copyright 26 27 Copyright
March  Middleton: Ch 5, 6, 7;  1 Copyright

Book Review Due

2 3 Advertising/ Corporate Speech 5 Catch Up 

Middle of Semester

 Middleton: Ch 12 8 Reg. Of Electronic Media 9 Last Date to drop for W 10 Reg. Of Electronic Media 11 12 FCC structure and powers
Middleton, Ch 13 15 Deregulation 16 17 Cable Reg/ Licensing 18 19 License Renewal
22 Spring Break! 23 Spring Break! 24 Spring Break! 25 Spring Break! 26Spring Break!
April 29  Renewal 30  31 Renewal 1
5 6 7 Ownership 8  

Study Session?

9 Political Speech
  12  Exam 2 13 14 Political Speech 15   16 Good Friday
 Middleton: Ch 9, 10, 11 19 Political Speech / News Issues 22 23 News Issues/ Cameras in Court  Last Day to Drop a Class 24 25  Confidentiality, Fake News/ Access  
  26 Content Issues: Children's Programming 27 28 Violence 29  30 Violence
May Middleton: Ch 8 3 Indecency, Obscenity, Pornography DUE: Term Paper 4 5 Indecency, Obscenity, Pornography 6 Study Day! Final: 1:00-2:45
6 7 8 9

Remember that this calendar is tentative and not chiseled in granite. Dr. Mc reserves the right to reschedule any events as she deems necessary.


Copyright, 2004

Dr. Janet McMullen

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