Media Law: Text, Cases and Materials

Author: Eric Barendt; Lesley Hitchens
Publisher: Pearson U.K._
ISBN: 9781408221617
Published In: December 2013
Format: Paperback , 752 pages
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This book differs from others on media law by emphasising the increasingly important regulatory and European aspects, giving less prominence to more traditional common law topics. The authors adopt a comparative approach, drawing upon material from the USA and Commonwealth jurisdictions, as well as examining relevant aspects of Human Rights law. The commentary provided is comprehensive and critical, introducing students to the wide range of technical and policy questions which are posed in the field of media law. The commentary includes reflective questions for students.

First cases and materials book available on media law.
Extract from and comments on regulatory materials of increasing importance on media ownership and control.
Professor Eric Barendt is one of the UK's leading authorities in media law.

1. The principles of media law

2. Regulation of the press

3. Broadcasting structure and regulation

4. Programme regulation

5. European media law

6. Advertising regulation

7. Media ownership and plurailty

8. Competition law

9. Convergence

10. Defamation

11. Privacy and breach of confidence

12. Contempt of court

13. Reporting legal proceedings

14. Investigative journalism: access to information and the privilege not to disclose sources

Eric Barendt has been Goodman Professor of Media Law at UCL since 1990; it was the first chair in media law in the whole of the UK. Previously he taught at St Catherine’s College, Oxford University for twenty years and has been Visiting Professor at Universities throughout Europe and Australia. As such he is probably the most eminent media law academic in the UK and has written a wealth of academic monographs, articles and book chapters. From 2009 he will be the editor of a new journal published by Hart, Media and Communication Law Review. He is a fantastic author for the series and for a textbook as lecturers respect his opinion and are keen to know what he has to say on a subject while his commitment to teaching ensures that he is used to presenting media law to the first time student.

Lesley Hitchens is Professor of Law and Associate Dean at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) having held previous posts at top Universities in the UK and in Australia along side a career as a professional commercial lawyer. Like Barendt, she has authored widely and is a leading academic in the field highlighted by her membership on the editorial boards of Journal of Information Law and Technology and Communications Law Bulletin.