What catapults a case into the media spotlight? Who is responsible for focusing media and public attention on a particular case? Once a case gains high-profile status, what are the professional and ethical roles and responsibilities of members of the media, the bar, and the institutions involved? How do media balance their First Amendment right to watch over the operation of government with the rights of the accused?

Professor Giorgio Resta of Italy examines the problem of commodification of persons in a comparative law perspective. Professor Giorgio Resta is on the law faculty of the University of Bari, Italy. He is a specialist in comparative law and private law. His most recent book examines the problem of commodification of persons in a comparative law perspective (Italy, Germany, France, and the US). Sponsored by the International Law Society.

Recorded on March 10, 2005.

Lecture titled: Dwarf-Throwing & Peep Shows: The Law of Human Dignity in the EU & the US.