LAWS396-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011

Media Law

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 11 July 2011
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2011
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 24 July 2011
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 9 October 2011

Description

Media Law

Media law is a fascinating and increasingly important subject.  This course pursues a general theme of investigating and analysing the nature of free speech and the public interest as they relate to the media.  It covers the most important laws which impact on the media, including defamation, court reporting and contempt, breach of confidence, copyright, restrictions on news-gathering methods, privacy, the Broadcasting Standards Authority and the Press Council, objectionable publications and other relevant criminal offences.

Learning Outcomes

  • The objects of the course are:
  •  to give students knowledge and understanding of the general principles;
  •  to give students analytical and critical skills in relation to the present law;
  •  to enable students to consider possible reform of the law; and
  •  to assist students to develop research and writing skills.

Prerequisites

(i) LAWS101; and (ii) LAWS110 from 2013

Co-requisites

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Ursula Cheer

Lecturer

Mr Bruce Rennie

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
In-Class Test 11 Aug 2011 20%
Essay 09 Sep 2011 30%
Grand Debate 29 Sep 2011 10%
Take Home Test 14 Oct 2011 40%


Assessment to be advised.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

John Burrows and Urusla Cheer; Media Law in New Zealand ; 6th edn; LexisNexis, 2010.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $630.00

International fee $3,013.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Faculty of Law .

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  • LAWS396-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011
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