Media Law Terms, Cases & Concepts to Know
Pember, Ch. 1

Adversarial system
Appellant
Appellate courts
Case law
Civil vs. Criminal law
Common law & law of equity
Concurring & Dissenting Opinions
Contracts & Torts
Damages
de novo
Diversity of Citizenship

Doctrine of Judicial review
Doctrine of Precedent
Jurisdiction (including exclusive vs. concurrent)
Justiciable Controversy
Litigant
per curiam opinion
Plaintiff & Defendant
Supreme Court of the U.S.
Tenth Amendment
Trial courts
U.S. Circuits

Pember, Ch. 2

Absolutist vs. Balancing Approaches Alien & Sedition Acts of 1798
Clear & Present Danger
Doctrine of overbreadth
Espionage Act of 1917
Incitement
Sedition Act of 1918
Licensing
Prior restraint
Smith Act of 1940
Vagueness

Brandenburg v. Ohio 1969;Gitlow v. New York 1925; Near v. Minnesota 1931; *Texas v. Johnson 1989; Miami Herald Co. v. Tornillo, 1974; *Cohen v. California 1971; *United States v. O’Brien 1968; Whitney vs. California 1927