Introduction. Judges and journalists and the spaces in-between David Taras; 1. Judicial communication: (re)constructing legitimacy in Argentina Druscilla Scribner; 2. The Australian High Court, speaking for itself, but not tweeting Rachel Spencer; 3. Uncommon transparency: the Supreme Court, media relations, and public opinion in Brazil Matthew Ingram; 4. The 'uncomfortable embrace': the Supreme Court and the media in Canada Susan Harada; 5. Germany: the Federal Constitutional Court and the media Christina Holtz-Bacha; 6. The Supreme Court and media in Ghana's Fourth Republic: an analysis of rulings and interactions between two estates of the realm Winston Tettey; 7. The puzzle of judicial communication in Indonesia: the media, the court, and the Chief Justice Stefanus Hendrianto; 8. Carping, criticizing, and circumventing: judges, the Supreme Court, and the media in Israel Bryna Bogoch; 9. Judicial communication in South Korea: moving toward a more open system? Ahran Park and Kyu Ho Youm; 10. Changing the channel: broadcasting deliberations in the Mexican Supreme Court Francisca Pou; 11. Norway: managed openness and transparency Eric N. Waltenburg, Gunnar Grendstad and William R. Shaffer; 12. Judicial institutional change and court communication innovations: the case of the UK Supreme Court Les Moran; 13. Symbiosis: the US Supreme Court and the journalists who cover it Richard Davis; Conclusion Richard Davis.