Comparative Defamation and Privacy Law: 32 (Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law, Series Number 32) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 110712364X ISBN 13: 9781107123649

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Defamation and privacy are now two central issues in media law. While defamation law has long posed concerns for media publications, the emergence of privacy as a legal challenge has been relatively recent in many common law jurisdictions outside the US. A number of jurisdictions have seen recent defamation and privacy law reforms, which have often drawn on, or reacted against, developments elsewhere. This timely book examines topical issues in defamation and privacy law focused on media, journalism and contemporary communication. Aimed at a wide legal audience, it brings together leading and emerging analysts of media law to address current and proposed reforms and the impact of changes in communication environments, and to re-examine basic principles such as harm and free speech. This book will be of interest to all those working on commonwealth or US law, as well as comparative scholars from wider jurisdictions.

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About the Author

Andrew T. Kenyon is Professor of Law and a Director of the Centre for Media and Communications Law at the University of Melbourne.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 110712364X
• ISBN 13: 9781107123649
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Kenyon Andrew T.