Book Review of Courts and Judges on Trial: Analysing and Managing the Discourses of Disapproval

G. Balasubramania Raja

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India

Abstract:

The misinterpretations of being 'watchdog' raise the role of media in influencing not only the court proceedings but also setting an agenda to the judgments. Pameela Schulz has wondered why it is so. She has done a study and gave a worthy result in the form of a book titled 'Courts and Judges on Trial': Analyzing and managing the discourses of disapproval. The book is an interesting one which deals media's discussion on judicial proceedings in a different angle. Her study focuses on the relation between media's voice and the judgments from the Australian courts. Being a fourth estate of democracy, media fails to provide fair comment on the judiciary, defense and law and misuse their powers on creating public opinion. Media often tend to criticize judicial proceedings which may change the entire case.

Keyword:

Media ,TRP and revenue ,media and politicians ,Courts and Judges