Law and the media

Tom Crone's classic text has been thoroughly revised by an impressive team of legal experts. It provides an essential source of reference for the key legal issues encountered by those who work in the media such as journalists, editors and producers, as well as media lawyers.Topics covered inclu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Crone, Tom (-)
Otros Autores: Alberstat, Philip, 1964-, Cassels, Tom, Overs, Estelle
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Boston : Focal 2002.
Edición:4th ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627166406719
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  • Cover; Law and the Media; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Editors' Biographies; Contributors' Biographies; Acknowledgements; Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; Introduction; Part I: Protection of Reputation; Chapter 1. Defamation; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 General principles; 1.3 Defences; 1.4 Procedure; 1.5 Damages; 1.6 Costs; Chapter 2. Blasphemy, Seditious Libel and Criminal Libel; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Blasphemy; 2.3 Seditious libel; 2.4 Criminal libel; Part II: Intellectual Property; Chapter 3. Copyright; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Copyright work; 3.3 Who owns copyright?; 3.4 Infringement
  • 3.5 Defences3.6 No copyright; 3.7 Duration of copyright; 3.8 Remedies; 3.9 Criminal offences; 3.10 Other rights; 3.11 The European Copyright Directive; Chapter 4. New Media; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Internet defamation; 4.3 Copyright; 4.4 The Data Protection Act 1998; 4.5 Reporting restrictions; 4.6 Obscenity and racial hatred; Chapter 5. Rights Clearances; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Copyright, moral rights and performers' rights; 5.3 Assignments and licences of copyright; 5.4 Rental rights; 5.5 Music; Part III: Privacy; Chapter 6. Breach of Confidence; 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 What is breach of confidence?6.3 Defences; 6.4 Procedure; Chapter 7. The Data Protection Act 1998; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The Data Protection Act 1998; 7.3 Access to Personal Files Act 1987; Chapter 8. The 'New' Right to Privacy; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Common law rights; 8.3 The Calcutt Committee; 8.4 The Human Rights Act 1998; 8.5 The future; Part IV: Comment on Court Proceedings; Chapter 9. Reporting Restrictions; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The open court rule; 9.3 The power to postpone the reporting of proceedings; 9.4 The power to prevent the publication of the names of parties
  • 9.5 Restrictions on the publication of information relating to children9.6 Committal proceedings before the magistrates' court; 9.7 Hearings concerning sexual offences and indecency; 9.8 Divorce cases; 9.9 Fraud; 9.10 Official secrets; 9.11 Material made available on disclosure; 9.12 Press challenges to reporting restrictions; 9.13 Interviewing jurors; 9.14 Tape recorders, photographs and sketches; 9.15 Restrictions on reporting in other courts; Chapter 10. Contempt of Court; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 The Contempt of Court Act 1981; 10.3 Common law contempt; 10.4 Penalties and injunctions
  • Chapter 11. Protection of Journalistic Sources11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Section 10 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981; 11.3 Police powers under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; Part V: Prevention of Publication; Chapter 12. Prior Restraint; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 General principles; 12.3 Defamation cases; 12.4 Breach of confidence; 12.5 Invasion of privacy; 12.6 Contempt proceedings; Part VI: State Restriction on Publication; Chapter 13. Obscenity, Indecency and Incitement to Racial Hatred; 13.1 Introduction; 13.2 The Obscene Publications Acts; 13.3 Indecent displays
  • 13.4 Racial hatred