McNae's essential law for journalists.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.

18th edition / Tom Welsh, Walter Greenwood, David Banks.

25591

Essential law for journalists.

Press law -- Great Britain.

Journalists -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain.

1. Introduction

2. Starting proceedings: reporting the courts

3. Crimes

4. Magistrates courts: summary proceedings

5. Magistrates courts: preliminary hearings

6. Juveniles in the news

7. The crown court and the appeal courts

8. Sexual offences and other statutory restrictions

9. Magistrates courts: civil functions

10. The civil courts

11. Admission to the courts and access to court information

12. Challenging the courts

13. Divorce

14. Bankruptcy and company liquidation

15. Inquests

16. Tribunals and inquiries

17. Contempt of court

18. Defamation

19. What the claimant must prove

20. How much protection?

21. Criminal libel, slander, and malicious falsehoods

22. Rehabilitation of offenders Act

23. Breach of confidence

24. The journalist's sources

25. Race relations

26. Election law

27. Freedom of information

28. Copyright

29. Official secrets

30. Human Rights Act 1998

31. The codes

32. Privacy

33. Data protection Act 1998

34. The broadcast journalist

35. The photographer and the law

36. Northern Ireland.

Includes index.

9780199284184

xxiv, 516 p.