Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1997
Abstract
Telecommunications Law is under pressure from fast-paced technological advances and changes in the industry structure. As the high-stakes debates plays itself out in federal and state legislatures, agencies and courts, the academic study is struggling to catch up. The author poses provocative questions about the present and future of Telecommunications Law. Of paramount interest are the ill-fitting legal categories that continue to influence crucial determinations about the level of First Amendment protection accorded various communications media, and the reach of Constitutional Takings doctrine that pits incumbent regulated industries against government regulators and up-start competitors looking to shake-up the established order. This Foreword previews many of the legal issues explored in depth in this Special Issue.
Disciplines
Communications Law | First Amendment | Law
Recommended Citation
Lance Liebman,
Foreword: The New Estates,
97
Colum. L. Rev.
819
(1997).
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