"But Instead Expose Them":Public Access to Criminal Trials in U.S. Law and Canon Law

Public access to criminal trials is an indispensable attribute of the Anglo-American legal system. The "rule of publicity" has been the rule in England from time immemorial and was a fundamental attribute of the judicial systems of the early American colonies. The Supreme Court has conclud...

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Main Author: Paul M. Matenaer (Author)
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Published: School of Canon Law, The Catholic University of America 2022
In: The jurist
Year: 2022, Volume: 78, Issue: 1, Pages: 75-106
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