Litigation
Feb. 28, 2011
Public Access to Judicial Records
Public access to judicial records is broad, but it is not unlimited. By Theresa Jauregui of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
The public has a constitutional right to access judicial adjudicative records. Nonetheless, access is not unlimited, and the question of where the line is drawn is often complicated.
The objective of this article and self-study test is to provide an overview of the principles governing public access to judicial records in civil and criminal cases. Readers will learn about how the First Amendment and the common law have been interpret...
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