| Description |
1 online resource (675 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary of acronyms and legal terms -- Table of cases -- Table of UK legislation -- Table of treaties and international legislation -- 1 Freedom of expression -- 1.1 Overview -- 1.2 Historical development of freedom of expression -- 1.3 Theoretical foundations of free speech rights -- 1.4 Freedom of expression in human rights law -- 1.5 Conceptual differences between freedom of expression and media freedom -- 1.6 Online censorship and freedom of expression |
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1.7 Protecting journalistic sources -- 1.8 Fake news and disinformation -- 1.9 Further reading -- 2 Confidentiality and privacy -- 2.1 Overview -- 2.2 Confidentiality: historic developments, legal agreements and common law remedies -- 2.3 Official secrets -- 2.4 Privacy: common law developments -- 2.5 Privacy orders and injunctions -- 2.6 Common law development towards a tort of privacy -- 2.7 What is the public interest test? -- 2.8 A child's right to privacy -- 2.9 Internet privacy: the 'right to be forgotten' |
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2.10 Discussion: balancing an individual's right to privacy with the media's freedom of expression -- 2.11 Further reading -- 3 Defamation -- 3.1 Overview -- 3.2 Defamation in common law -- 3.3 Defamation Act 2013 -- 3.4 The serious harm test -- 3.5 Injury to business reputation -- 3.6 Internet libel -- 3.7 General defences -- 3.8 Defamation laws in Scotland and Northern Ireland -- 3.9 Libel tourism -- 3.10 Further reading -- 4 Reporting legal proceedings -- 4.1 Overview -- 4.2 The open justice principle -- 4.3 Automatic reporting restrictions and anonymity orders |
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4.4 Reporting on children and young persons -- 4.5 The Single Family Court and the Court of Protection -- 4.6 Military courts and inquests -- 4.7 Secret courts, D-Notices and public interest immunity -- 4.8 Further reading -- 5 Contempt of court -- 5.1 Overview -- 5.2 History: the common law of contempt -- 5.3 The Contempt of Court Act 1981 -- 5.4 General defences -- 5.5 The role of the Attorney General in contempt proceedings -- 5.6 Juror misconduct in criminal trials -- 5.7 Do British contempt laws breach freedom of expression? -- 5.8 Further reading |
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6 Freedom of public information and data protection -- 6.1 Overview -- 6.2 Freedom of Information Act -- 6.3 The Information Commissioner's Office -- 6.4 Legal challenges under FOIA -- 6.5 Freedom of information: Scotland and Northern Ireland -- 6.6 Data privacy and the GDPR post Brexit -- 6.7 Max Schrems I and II actions -- 6.8 Further reading -- 7 Regulating the print media -- 7.1 Overview -- 7.2 Functions of statutory regulation and self-regulation -- 7.3 Historic development of British print press regulation -- 7.4 Press regulation post Leveson -- 7.5 Current press regulation |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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7.6 Further reading |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000778595 |
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1000778592 |
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