Media Law

This new revised edition of Media Law has been fully updated to cover all the legal developments that affect journalists and broadcasters, including the Human Rights Act of 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act. There is exhaustive coverage of all major areas of media law, explaining the up-to-date position on defamation, obscenity, official secrecy, copyright and confidentiality, contempt of court and protection of privacy. Later sections consider rights of access to business and government information and the latest methods of challenging restrictions on court reporting. The regulation of films, video, theatre and advertising is also analysed. Throughout this book Geoffrey Robertson, QC, and Andrew Nicol give an expert assessment of media law and offer wise counsel as to how its many uncertainties are likely to be resolved in practice.