Companion website for
COMPARATIVE MEDIA LAW & ETHICS
by TIM CROOK
Published by Routledge on 15th December 2009
For details of the book, please visit Routledge.
Author's profile at Goldsmiths, University of London
PRIMARY MEDIA LAW & ETHICS OF THE UK & USA
Media Law resources:
UK Supreme Court blog
US Supreme Court blog
ECHR Strasbourg court blog
UK Judicial system.
The UK Courts Service - gives some judgments.
Scottish courts welcome page.
British and Irish Legal Information Institute: gateway to UK and European legal precedents.
Cornell University Law School.
US Supreme Court.
UK Supreme Court.
US Constitution explained.
European Court of Human Rights.Doughty Street Chambers- headed by Geoffrey Robertson QC.
Legal resources pages, maintained by Venables:
One Brick Court.
5 Raymond Buildings.
David Price, Solicitors and Advocates; contains a useful newsletter and 'A guide to media law'.
Carter-Ruck The well-established firm of media lawyers also provide on-line articles and media law newsletters.
Government and regulators:
Parliament.
Office of Public Sector Information legislation, contains, eg, explanatory notes on Inquiries Act 2005.
Office of Public Sector Information - UK statutory instruments
Home Office.
Department for Constitutional Affairs.
Ministry of Justice (succeeding Department for Constitutional Affairs in 2007.
Information Commissioner's Office.
Press Complaints Commission.
Ofcom.
Advertising Standards Authority.US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
United States House of Representatives.
United States White House (Presidential Administration).
US Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
US National Endowment for the Arts.
US National Endowment for the Humanities.
Pressure Groups and NGOs (Non governmental organisations)
English PEN (Mightier than the sword)
Campaign for Freedom of Information
Online Media Law News resources
Media Lawyer, published by the Press Association (subscription needed)
The News Media and the Law (USA quarterly)
Liberty (Formerly UK National Council for Civil Liberties)
Links to Internet sites that challenge censorship
Profile of ‘Wikileaks’ at Wikipedia
Freenet
Key Legal Authorities in UK/US Media Law
Protection of sources
British and European media law
Goodwin v United Kingdom 1996 ECHR
US media law
Branzburg v. Hayes Supreme Court 1972
Defamation
British law
Reynolds v Times Newspapers 1999 House of Lords
Jameel v Wall Street Journal (Europe) 2006 House of Lords
US media lawSullivan v New York Times. Supreme Court 1964
Privacy
British law
Campbell v MGN 2004 House of Lords
Von Hannover v Germany. 2004 ECHR
US media law
Bartnicki v Vopper. Supreme Court 2001
Time, Inc v Hill. Supreme Court 1967
Florida Star v B.J.F. Supreme Court 1989
Article on emergence of privacy rights in USA since Florida Star v B.J.F.
Open Justice
British law
In re S (FC) (a child) (Appellant) 2004 House of Lords
US media law
Richmond newspapers v Virginia. Supreme Court 1980
National Security, Official Secrets Act and whistle-blowers
R v Shayler. 2002. House of Lords
The Guardian and Observer v United Kingdom (Spycatcher) ECHR 1991
The Sunday Times v United Kingdom (Spycatcher injunction) ECHR 1991
US media law
New York Times and Washington Post v USA. (Pentagon papers case) Supreme Court 1971
Snepp v United States. Supreme Court 1980
