Biography
A renowned teacher and scholar, Marc A. Franklin is a pioneer in the field of mass media law and regulation, and has written extensively on legal issues that affect the press, such as libel and privacy. He is the author of numerous textbooks and is co-author, with Professor Robert Rabin, of a widely used casebook on tort law. Professor Franklin’s body of work has provided an essential reference for lawyers and the press alike. He has been a Fulbright Scholar at Victoria University in New Zealand and a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 1962, he was a professor of law at Columbia University School of Law. Early in his career he clerked for Chief Justice Earl Warren of the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge Carroll C. Hincks of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Key Works
- Marc A. Franklin and Matthew Ploeger, Of Rescue and Report: Should Tort Law Impose a Duty to Help Endangered Persons or Abused Children?, 40 Santa Clara Law Review 991-1026 (Fall 2000)
- Marc A. Franklin, A Declaratory Judgment Alternative to Current Libel Law (from 74 California Law Review 809), Personal Injury Review 577-619 (January 1987)
- Marc A. Franklin. With David J. Bussel, The Plaintiff's Burden in Defamation: Awareness and Falsity, 25 William and Mary Law Review 825-90 (1984)
- Marc A. Franklin, Replacing the Negligence Lottery: Compensation and Selective Reimbursement, 53 Virginia Law Review 774 (1967)
- Marc A. Franklin, R.H. Chanin, and I. Mark., Accidents, Money, and the Law: A Study of the Economics of Personal Injury Litigation, 61 Columbia Law Review 1 (1961).
Publications & Cases
Recent Publications View All
- Marc A. Franklin, Barton Carter and Jay B. Wright, The First Amendment and the Fifth Estate, New York: Foundation Press, 6th ed., 2007.
- Marc A. Franklin, Robert L. Rabin, and Michael D. Green, Tort Law and Alternatives : Cases and Materials, 8th ed., New York, NY: Foundation Press, 2006.
- Marc A. Franklin, Mass Media Law: Cases and Materials, 7th ed., New York: Foundation Press, 2005. (with David A. Anderson and Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky).
- Marc A. Franklin, The First Amendment and The Fourth Estate: The Law of Mass Media, 9th ed., New York: Foundation Press, 2005. (with T. Barton Carter and Jay B. Wright)
- Marc A. Franklin and Robert L. Rabin, Tort Law and Alternatives : Cases and Materials, 7th ed., Westbury, N.Y.: Foundation Press, 2001. 1283 pages.
- Marc A. Franklin, David A. Anderson, and Fred H. Cate, Mass Media Law: Cases and Materials, 6th edition., New York: Foundation Press, 2000. 787 pages.
- Marc A. Franklin and Matthew Ploeger, Of Rescue and Report: Should Tort Law Impose a Duty to Help Endangered Persons or Abused Children?, 40 Santa Clara Law Review 991-1026 (Fall 2000)
- Marc A. Franklin and David A. Anderson, Cases and Materials on Mass Media Law, Westbury, N.Y.: Foundation Press 1997.
- Marc A. Franklin, T. Barton Carter, and Jay B. Wright, The First Amendment and the Fifth Estate: Regulation of Electronic Mass Media, Westbury, NY: Foundation Press, 1997.
- Marc A. Franklin, T. Barton Carter, and Jay B. Wright, The First Amendment and the Fifth Estate: Regulation of Electronic Mass Media, Westbury, NY: Foundation Press, 1997.
Affiliations & Honors
Professeional Affiliations
- Member (1978-Present), Advisory Committee, COMM/ENT Law Journal
- Member (1994-Present), Editorial Board, Communication Law and Policy
- Member (1981-1998), Board of Editors, Journal of Medial Law and Practice
- marcf@stanford.edu
- Curriculum Vitae
Education
- BA, Cornell Univeristy, 1953
- LLB, Cornell University Law School, 1956
Expertise
- Media and Press Law
- Torts