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Introduction

This guide is intended as a starting point for research in U.S. communications law at Georgetown Law Library. It includes both primary and secondary materials, in both print and electronic formats. Communications law covers a variety of issues - media law, First Amendment, cable and broadcasting law, computer and internet law, and telecommunications. This guide will suggest resources in all these areas.

Getting Started

We highly recommend beginning your research with secondary sources like treatises, legal encyclopedias, and ALRs. In addition to the sources listed on the Secondary Sources page of this guide, the following sources provide a good introduction to U.S. communications law:

Mass Communication Law in a Nutshell
Call Number: KF2750.Z9 Z8 2020
Publication Date: 2020 (8th ed.)
Telecommunications Regulation: Cable, Broadcasting, Satellite, and the Internet
One of the most comprehensive treatises available on local, state, and federal regulation of telecommunications. Updated twice a year.
Communications Law & Practice
Provides clear explanations of the laws regulating telephony, including cellular telephone advances; radio and television broadcasting; and wireless communications and communications satellites.
Modern Communication Law
Publication Date: 1999
Offers an analysis of the intricate laws and policies relating to new media, the Internet, Direct Broadcasting Satellite, and the Telecommunications Act of 1996. It also examines the key constitutional, statutory, and administrative provisions governing communications in the United States. Kept up-to-date with pocket parts to 2007.
Rights & Liabilities in Media Content: Internet, Broadcast, & Print
Intended as a one-stop resource for planning, litigation, and First Amendment issues across the media spectrum - print, broadcast, and the Internet. It discusses legal rights and liabilities affecting content, advertising, commercial speech, libel, and intellectual property.
Media, Advertising, & Entertainment Law Throughout the World
Provides a concise and current overview of media, advertising, entertainment, and art law in more than 30 countries.