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77722 Media Law (PG)

6cp
Requisite(s): ((70120 Legal Method and Research AND 70115 Perspectives on Law) OR 60 credit points of completed study in C04148 Master of Law and Legal Practice)
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are also course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Postgraduate
Subject coordinator: G Holland

This subject examines the legal regulation of media content. Students examine the legal problems relating to both electronic and print communications. In addition, there is a consideration of the law applicable to all media particularly in relation to recent developments. Throughout the subject, students analyse laws that restrict what the media can publish or distribute. Topics include freedom of speech, defamation, contempt, hate speech and vilification, obscenity and pornography, sedition, copyright and the regulation of the internet.

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