The Cambridge Law Journal

Table of Contents - 1991 - Volume 50, Issue 01  

Articles

Disclosure of Journalists' Sources, Civil Disobedience and the Rule of Law

T.R.S. Allan*

In what circumstances, and under what conditions, should a journalist be obliged by law to divulge the identity of the source of information contained in a published article—when anonymity may have been promised the source, or receipt of information in the future may be thought to depend on the preservation of anonymity now? Section 10 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 provides a framework for determining an answer to that controversial question, as it arises in particular cases before the courts:

Footnotes

* I am grateful to Dr. N. E. Simmonds for reading and commenting on an earlier draft of this article.