Eric Barendt
Ashgate
Hardback
519
This volume contains essays by leading international scholars on press freedom. Topics covered include the meaning of press freedom and its relationship to freedom of speech the extent to which self-regulation is a satisfactory alternative to legal controls whether courts should apply the same constitutional principles to privacy actions as those developed in libel law and how far celebrities are entitled to claim privacy rights when they are photographed in public places. The essays also explore the various solutions adopted in the USA and in some Commonwealth countries to balancing the freedom of the press and other media against the laws of libel and privacy.
Ashgate
Hardback
519
This volume contains essays by leading international scholars on press freedom. Topics covered include the meaning of press freedom and its relationship to freedom of speech the extent to which self-regulation is a satisfactory alternative to legal controls whether courts should apply the same constitutional principles to privacy actions as those developed in libel law and how far celebrities are entitled to claim privacy rights when they are photographed in public places. The essays also explore the various solutions adopted in the USA and in some Commonwealth countries to balancing the freedom of the press and other media against the laws of libel and privacy.