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McNae's Essential Law for Journalists » (REV)

Book cover image of McNae's Essential Law for Journalists by Tom Welsh

Authors: Tom Welsh, David Banks, Walter Greenwood
ISBN-13: 9780199211548, ISBN-10: 019921154X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: August 2007
Edition: REV

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Author Biography: Tom Welsh

Tom Welsh, Editor of the MEDIA LAWYER newsletter. Walter Greenwood, Law Consultant, Trinity Mirror Training, Newcastle upon Tyne, formerly editor (training), Thomson Regional Newspapers and Chair, Law Examinations Board, NCTJ.

Book Synopsis

There is perhaps no profession—outside the legal profession itself—that is more greatly affected by the recent onslaught of changes in the law in areas as diverse as human rights and data protection, than the journalistic profession. McNae's Essential Law for Journalists , now in its 17th edition, is the definitive guide to developments in the law as they affect journalists.

Table of Contents

1Introduction1
2Starting proceedings : reporting the courts12
3Crimes22
4Magistrates courts : summary proceedings26
5Magistrates courts : preliminary hearings33
6Juveniles in the news42
7The crown court and the appeal courts61
8Sexual offences and other statutory restrictions73
9Magistrates courts : civil functions83
10The civil courts86
11Admission to the courts and access to court information95
12Challenging the courts116
13Divorce144
14Bankruptcy and company liquidation147
15Inquests152
16Tribunals and inquiries158
17Contempt of court169
18Defamation196
19What the claimant must prove213
20How much protection?224
21Criminal libel, slander, and malicious falsehoods262
22Rehabilitation of Offenders Act271
23Breach of confidence275
24The journalist's sources295
25Race relations318
26Election law321
27Freedom of information324
28Copyright354
29Official secrets366
30Human Rights Act 1998370
31The codes381
32Privacy389
33Data Protection Act 1998414
34The broadcast journalist432
35The photographer and the law441
36Northern Ireland450

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