Law in the Information Age

The printed materials for this course contain most of the required reading and details about the assessment.
This page has references to presentations, and some cases.

The essay questions for the course (60% of total marks for one essay of 2500 words) were handed out in class.

Presentations

As they become available, Powerpoint presentations for certain classes will be posted here.

Defamation cases

Some of the cases listed in the Defamation Law Guide may be rather hard
to track down, or too old or generic. Some interesting additional cases:

Using the Wrong Term
Lenox Hewitt v Queensland Newspapers Pty Limited No. SC283 of 1993 [1995] ACTSC 54
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/act/ACTSC/1995/54.html

Tarring with the same brush
Chakravarti v Advertiser Newspapers Limited [1998] HCA 37
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1998/37.html

Broadcast Blues
Thompson v Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd & Ors [1996] HCA 38 (10 December 1996)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1996/38.html

Other cases which are either legally important or about real life
people and events students may have some familiarity with:

Dow Jones & Company Inc v Gutnick [2002] HCA 56
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/2002/56.html

Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Sleeman [2005] NSWCA 349
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCA/2005/349.html

John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v O'Shane [2005] NSWCA 164
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCA/2005/164.html

Costello and Abbott v Random House Pty ltd [1999] ACTSC 13 (5 March 1999)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/act/ACTSC/1999/13.html

Vincenzo Bellino vAustralian Broadcasting Corporation F.C. 96/008 [1995] HCA 34 (20 June 1995)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1995/34.html

Contact

For more information contact David Vaile d.vaile [at] unsw.edu.au

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