A Free and Regulated Press

Wragg's book-impressive in both scope and depth of analysis-is set to make a timely, novel, and much-needed contribution to the international press-regulation literature and to spur important debates about the basic values that undergird our thinking in the field. In a scholarly space in which much of even the best work is rooted in outcome preference or policy particulars, this manuscript offers a refreshing intellectual integrity and tackles the much larger and more important task of examining the core philosophical foundations of our most pressing media-freedom questions. I anxiously await it as a reference that I am sure I will cite with frequency, and I know for certain I am not alone in this assessment. * Professor RonNell Andersen Jones, University of Utah * In A Free and Regulated Press, Paul Wragg offers an original theoretical perspective that challenges a widely held understanding of media freedom. The book then sets out a fresh rationale for press regulation that is rooted in accountability. This is an important contribution to the literature on media freedom, which will interest media scholars and provide an important reference in future debates on media policy. * Jacob Rowbottom, Professor of Law, University of Oxford * In both its breadth and its depth, this intellectual tour de force of press freedom's history of ideas is unrivalled in legal literature... This book makes a strong and convincing contribution to the debate on freedom of the press and its limits. It will hopefully not only receive the academic praise it deserves, but also the attention of policymakers and practitioners. Anyone working in the area of press freedom and regulation must engage with Paul Wragg's ideas and observations. Failing to do so would be an inexcusable omission. * Jan Oster, Universiteit Leiden *