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Hong Kong media law : a guide for journalists and media professionals / Doreen Weisenhaus with contributions by Jill Cottrell and Yan Mei Ning.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weisenhaus, Doreen.
- Series:
- HKU Press law series.
- HKU Press law series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Press law--China--Hong Kong.
- Press law.
- Journalists--Legal status, laws, etc--China--Hong Kong.
- Journalists.
- Mass media--Law and legislation--China--Hong Kong.
- Mass media.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (409 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Hong Kong Media Law is the first English-language authoritative guide to the laws most relevant for international and local journalists and other media professionals working for the print, online and broadcast media in Hong Kong and for the lawyers who represent them. The book also provides up-to-date information on the legal hurdles international and local journalists face when reporting on mainland China.
- Contents:
- Cover; HONG KONG MEDIA LAW - A GUIDE FOR JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA PROFESSIONALS; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; The Author and Contributors; Key Legal Milestones for Press Freedom and Media Developments in Hong Kong; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; 1. Overview; 2. The Legal System; 3. Defamation; 4. Court Reporting and Contempt of Court; 5. Access to Information; 6. Privacy; 7. Official Secrets and Sedition; 8. Other Restrictions on Newsgathering and Reporting; 9. Reporting on the Mainland; 10. Copyright; 11. Print and Online Regulation and Self-Regulation
- 12. Broadcast Media RegulationAppendix A: Excerpts of Key Statutes and Regulations; Appendix B: Searching for Public Records of Courts; Appendix C: Judicial Practice Directions: Hearings in Chambers in Civil Proceedings; Appendix D: The Code on Access to Information; References; Glossary of Legal Terms; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-353) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-70891-0
- 9786612708916
- 988-8052-29-2
- OCLC:
- 650586906
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