الجزاءات الإدارية و موجبات فرضها بحق الصحف طبقا لقانون المطبوعات و النشر الأردني رقم (8)‎ 1998

Abstract EN

THE Jordanian constitutional legislator defined many basic rights' one of which freedom of opinion.

Due to the importance of these basic rights ' the legislator had to set certain codes concerning these basic rights.

One of these codes is the Press and Publication Act (Year), which defines the rules of administrative and criminal responsibilities on both journalists and journals.

The legislator adopted censorship and publishing ban' as well as applying methods of restrictions in order to grant licenses to press.

This resulted in methods to control pre-publishing ( granting licenses) and post- publishing (censorship).

The legislator willed for press to act in free but censored environment to strike a balance between freedom of opinion and expression on one hand and the values, security and hopes of the nation, on the other.

Thus, if the journal deviates from its license or aims, the administration could apply penalties on that lournal.

This study aims to look at the concept of crimes and penalties which could be applied on journals and journalists.

It also aims to examine the methods of controlling these penalties.

Moreover, this study examines the administrative penalties which could be applied on the journal and its journalists when they violate the Press and Publication Act and the reasons for such penalties.