Comparative Defamation and Privacy Law

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.

Author: Andrew T. Kenyon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 06/14/2018
Pages: 398
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9781107559189

About the Author
Kenyon, Andrew T.: - Andrew T. Kenyon is Professor of Law and a Director of the Centre for Media and Communications Law at the University of Melbourne.