Defamation and Privacy: Law, Media and Public Speech

这个项目调查了最近在诽谤和隐私方面的重要法律的变化，这些法律可以大大限制公众言论。它解决了在法律上迫切需要对媒体专业人员的做法进行更深入的理解和评估的问题。它将协助律师和法官适用修改后的法律，促进预定的立法审查，协助出版物和记者应对法律的责任风险，开展关于媒体的重要学术和法律的辩论，并澄清合法公开言论的参数。它促进了对大众媒体形式的更好的法律的理解，这些媒体形式在当代经济和公共辩论中发挥着关键作用。

This project investigates important recent legal changes in defamation and privacy, laws which can considerably limit public speech. It addresses the urgent need in law for a more sophisticated understanding and evaluation of the practices of media professionals. It will assist lawyers and judges apply the changed laws, contribute to scheduled reviews of legislation, assist publications and journalists deal with risks of legal liability, develop critical academic and legal debates about the media, and clarify the parameters of lawful public speech. It promotes better legal understanding of popular media forms, which have key roles in contemporary economies and public debate.