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Media Law and Policy in the Internet Age

Media Law and Policy in the Internet Age

Author: Doreen Weisenhaus; Simon N. M. Young
Publisher: Special offer (limited stock)
ISBN: 9781782257400

Published In: February 2017
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781509930203

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The Internet has transformed the ways in which we communicate and disseminate information. The Internet has helped to further the aims of journalism and been a friend to the media.

But journalistic activities and other conduct on the Internet have led to policy rethinking and legal reforms that impact on media practices and freedoms.

This book explores the media law and policy reforms that have taken place in the Internet age and examines the processes of reform. The book concentrates on three areas of reform of international significance: defamation law, regulation of the media and Internet, and national security laws.

All of the authors are pre-eminent legal practitioners or scholars from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the United States, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, Philippines, Switzerland and China. Most are the leading practitioners on media law in their jurisdictions.

Introduction

Doreen Weisenhaus and Simon NM Young

Part A: Conceptual Perspectives of Media Law and Policy

1. Defending Media Freedom in the Internet Age

Peter Noorlander

2. Advances in Open Justice in England and Wales

Lord Dyson MR

3. Free Speech, Reputation and Media Intrusion: Law Reform Now

Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC

4. Independence of the Press as a Constitutional Necessity

Gillian Phillips

Part B: Media Law Reform and Defamation