
Communications law
Title:
 Communications law
Author:
 Burns, Yvonne, author.
ISBN:
 9780409118360
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Edition:
 Third edition.
Physical Description:
 xxi, 683 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
 "Contributors: Tamsyn de Beer, Emma Sadleir."--Cover.
Contents:
 The South African legal structure -- Theoretical background to and principles of communications law -- The scope and content of the constitutional right to freedom of expression / communication -- Rights which strengthen and complement freedom of expression -- Constitutional limitations to freedom of expression / communication -- Censorship : control of the publication and dissemination of information -- The law of defamation -- Privacy -- Copyright -- Court proceedings -- Advertising -- Statutory limitations on freedom of speech and expression -- The law regulating the press -- The law regulating electronic communications -- The law relating to broadcasting -- The law regulating computers -- The law regulating Internet communications (cyber law) -- The law relating to entertainment -- Social media communications.
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