Research Guides: JOUR 4316: Communication Law: Home

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Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new window
Find case law and law review articles
For all current SMU students, faculty & staff
PAIS This link opens in a new window
Scholarly literature, government documents, reports, and statistics that support investigation into policy issues.
Communication Source This link opens in a new window
This is your best bet to find scholarly articles on topics regarding communication.

Communication Law & Policy
Scholarly journal that focuses on research related to freedom of speech and the press. Articles could be legal analyses, social science research, sociological interpretation of law, or theoretical critique.

Legal Collection This link opens in a new window
Fulltext on the discipline of law & policy topics

Communication Law Review
A peer-reviewed scholarly publication with research that looks at freedom of expression, legal rhetoric, internet law, copyright concerns, censorship issues, and related topics.
International journal of communications law and policy IJCLP
Mass Communication and Society
This interdisciplinary journals focuses on communication theory especially at the societal level. For your problem papers, you may be most interested in the journal's legal analyses.
Media, Culture & Society
Peer-reviewed research concerning the media, including the newer information and communication technologies, within their political, economic, cultural and historical contexts.
Women's Studies in Communication
Research articles, commentary and book reviews about the relationship between communication and women, gender, or the feminine.

Books are a great place to start when exploring an area of law.

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West Study Aids This link opens in a new window
Start here for background info on a particular area of law. Nutshell and Law Stories books can be helpful for those new to researching the law.
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