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Zusatztext "This is a splendid book in which the authors bravely tackle a huge subject; the effects of the Human Rights Act have been felt in all areas of media law." Tom Welsh! Media Lawyer! May 2007 Informationen zum Autor Helen Fenwick, Professor of Law, University of DurhamGavin Phillipson, Professor of Law, University of Durham Klappentext Media Freedom under the Human Rights Act looks at the substantive law governing freedom of expression in the media. Written by two leading experts in the field of media law! this new book considers the contrasting models of media control and the impact of the internet upon them. It also covers the impact of the Human Rights Act on media and broadcasting regulation. The authors use a wide range of sources from the UK! Europe and USA. Zusammenfassung Provides an analysis of the impact of Article 10 ECHR, as received through the Human Rights Act 1998, on the substantive law governing freedom of expression in the media. This book provides coverage of crucial developments in this field, including: the key cases of Ashworth and Punch in the area of contempt. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.: Introduction Part 1 - Article 10 European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 2.: Strasbourg, media freedom and proportionality: Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights 3.: The Human Rights Act in the context of media freedom Part 2 - The administration of justice and media freedom; fairness of proceedings; the open justice principle 4.: Introduction: free speech and fair trial values 5.: Free speech and fair trials: reporting restrictions 6.: Free speech and fair trials: prejudicing proceedings 7.: Protection of journalistic sources Part 3 - Media freedom, offence, morality and hate speech 8.: Pornography: hate speech? 9.: Blasphemy, racial hatred and religious hatred 10.: Censorship and regulation of the visual media on the ground of avoiding offence: general issues of law and policy 11.: Regulating broadcasting on grounds of avoiding offence 12.: Regulation of films, videos and the internet Part 4 - Media freedom and the protection of privacy 13.: Privacy and freedom of expression: Strasbourg jurisprudence in UK courts 14.: Protection for privacy against the press in the Human Rights Act era 15.: Defences to the tort of misuse of private information and remedies 16.: Restrictions protecting the private and family life of children 17.: Regulation of the broadcast media and the protection of privacy Part 5 - Copyright and media freedom 18.: Copyright law, Article 10 and media freedom Part 6 - Media freedom and political speech 19,: Official secrecy, access to information and the media 20.: Freedom of political expression in broadcasting 21.: Defamation and political speech 22.: Conclusions ...
