Compulsory Licensing of Journalists: Protection or Restraint? [electronic resource] : A Discussion on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' Advisory Opinion on the Costa Rica Case / Patricia Miranda.

In 1985 the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that a Costa Rican statute requiring journalists to be licensed violates the American Convention on Human Rights and, by extension, all human rights conventions. Though press freedom advocates hailed it as a major triumph for freedom of expressi...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Miranda S., Patricia
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987.
Subjects:	Certification. Civil Liberties. Constitutional Law. Court Litigation. Diffusion (Communication) Discriminatory Legislation. Freedom of Information. Freedom of Speech. International Law. Journalism. Latin Americans. Legal Problems. Mass Media Effects. News Media. Professional Autonomy.