The Journalist's Guide to Media Law Book

Preface to the fourth edition ix

Acknowledgements xii

List of tables and figures xiii

Abbreviations xiv

Part I Journalists and the legal system 1

1 Media law and ethics 3

2 The legal system 10

3 Freedom of the press 25

Part 2 Reporting Crime and Justice 55

4 Open justice 57

5 Contempt of Court 85

6 Court reporting and restrictions 134

Part 3 Journalists and Reputations 181

7 Identifying defamation 183

8 Defending defamation 215

Part 4 Investigative Journalism 263

9 Keeping secrets: Confidentiality, sources and freedom of information legislation 265

10 Anti-terrorism and hate laws 322

Part 5 Ethics and the Law 349

11 Intellectual property: Protecting your work and using the work of others 351

12 Privacy 386

13 The regulators 421

Appendix 1 MEAA Code of Ethics 450

Appendix 2 Australian Press Council Statement of Principles 452

Index 455