Tom Crone

Law and the Media

Herausgeber: Cassels, Tom; Overs, Estelle

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 203mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 1057g
• ISBN-13: 9781138146419
• ISBN-10: 1138146412
• Artikelnr.: 45102623

Autorenporträt

Tom Crone is Legal Manager of News International plc, publishers of The Sun, News of the World, The Times and The Sunday Times. After 5 years as a practising Barrister, he became an in-house lawyer for Mirror Group in 1980 and 'jumped ship' to join News Group, publishers of The Sun and News of the World in 1985. Since then, he has been at the centre of numerous high profile media cases: Robert Maxwell, Elton John, Ian Botham, George Michael, Sonia Sutcliffe, Bill Roache, Gillian Taylforth, Bruce Grobelaar, Thompson and Venables (the Bulger Killers), and Her Majesty The Queen (twice).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Defamation
Blasphemy, seditious Libel and criminal law
Copyright
New media
Rights clearance
Breach of confidence
The Data Protection Act 1998
The 'new' right to privacy
Reporting restrictions
Contempt of court
Protection of journalistic sources
Prior restraint
Obscenity, indecency and incitement to racial hatred
Freedom of information
Official secrets
Parliamentary proceedings and elections
Professional regulatory bodies
Advertising
The Human Rights Act 1998
The law in Scotland
The law in the United States of America
Appendix A: Glossary of terms
Appendix B: Professional bodies
Appendix C: Specimen agreements
Bibliography