01653     2200217   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036007000300056008004100059020001800100082001100118084001700129100001800146245005500164260004700219300001800266520108700284650001601371990002401387990002401411INLIS00000000001097220230216112548  a0010-0223000070ta230216                           0 eng    a0-19-825697-3  a347.07  a347.07 MIL c0 aMiller, C. J.1 aContempt Of Court :bThird Edition /cC. J. Miller  aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2000  a769p ;c25 cm  aAs an area of law contempt of court is endlessly fascinating and has been aptly described as the Proteus of the legal world, assuming an almost infinite diversity of forms. Its central concern is to protect the administration of justice in criminal and civil cases, addressing. for example, the perennial conflict between the requirements of a fair and unprejudiced trial and those of freedom of expression. It is also concerned to protect witnesses from being victimized and courts from being subjected to destructive criticism in the Press, or disruptive conduct during their proceedings. Similarly, it provides the ultimate sanction to secure the enforcement of court orders, including orders which call on journalists to reveal their confidential sources of information. A further major clash of interests is between the demands of open justice and the numerous restrictions on reporting which now exist, for example to confer anonymity on children and on complainants in sexual cases, the hearing of cases in camera or in private, and orders postponing the reporting of trials. 4acourt crime  a27274/MKRI-P/I-2023  a27274/MKRI-P/I-2023