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Law's Expression - Communication, Law and Media in Canada

Navigate Today's Increasingly Regulated Media and Communications World A must-read for legal, journalism and communications students alike, Dr. Hamilton's compelling and accessible new book provides a timely, sociological overview of the blurring lines between law and communications today. It's a work that skillfully weaves together many of the ...



Publisher: LexisNexis Canada
Country: Canada
Format: Softcover Book
Publication Language: English
ISBN: 9780433457732
Publication Date: 2009-11-30
 
Price: $55.00
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    Navigate Today's Increasingly Regulated Media and Communications World

    A must-read for legal, journalism and communications students alike, Dr. Hamilton's compelling and accessible new book provides a timely, sociological overview of the blurring lines between law and communications today. It's a work that skillfully weaves together many of the complex ways Canadian law seeks to regulate the manner and media through which we express ourselves. An empowering tool for anyone wanting to arm themselves with a big picture understanding of the historic context, current issues and principles surrounding how law, communications and media intersect.

    What Sets it Apart

    This interdisciplinary and engaging overview brings together diverse areas such as hate crimes and obscenity, and the ins and outs of copyright and trademark law in a social and philosophical framework. Current communications, media and legal issues are explored in a contemporary context not available elsewhere.

    Rather than a technical handbook, Law's Expression - Communication, Law and Media in Canada is an enlightened, introductory resource that helps readers gain a broad understanding of how the laws impacting our expression increasingly implicate us all. A recommended compliment to other rules-based law and communications handbooks for anyone entering the communications, journalism or legal field.

    You'll Learn How:

    • Laws often fail in regulating communication and expression - and how you can best arm yourself to make empowered choices
    • Journalists and members of the media are affected via publication bans, new online communications regulations, confidentiality of sources, etc.
    • Law is covered by the media and reported in the news
    • Our freedom of speech is impacted by criminal laws surrounding obscenity, child pornography and hate speech
    • The government is increasingly regulating how ordinary people communicate
    • To interpret intellectual property laws in a Canadian media context
    • To better grasp the many perplexing legal issues at play affecting communications, journalism and media professionals today
    Law's Expression - Communication, Law and Media in Canada is the second title in the Carleton University Snapshot Series in Legal Studies. This series is intended to introduce the study of "law in context" to readers unfamiliar with much of the doctrine generally considered prerequisite to such study.

    Chapter 1: Freedom of Expression in a Media Society
    Legal Context of Media Regulation in Canada
           Print
           Telecommunications
           Visual and Aural Content
           New Media
    Chapter 2: Expression in the Public Interest: Journalists and the Law
    Publication Bans
    Discretionary Bans
    Statutory Bans
    The Internet and Publication Bans
    Confidentiality of Sources
    Defamation
    Chapter 3: Propertizing Expression: Intellectual Property
    Justifying the Ownership of Expression
    The Push-Pull of the Copyright Arena
           Copyright Law
           The Policy Reform Process
           The Copyright Cases
    Limiting the Propertization of Expression: Trademarks in Canada
           Trademark Law
           The Trademark Cases
    Chapter 4: Criminal Expression: Obscenity and Hate Speech
    Obscenity
    Child Pornography
    Criminalized Expression and Community
    Hate Speech
    Chapter 5: Mediating the Law: Telling Legal Stories
    Media Technology in the Courtroom
    Law in the News
    Law in Popular Culture
    Conclusion
    Chapter 6: Law’s Expression, Looking Forward

     

    Dr. Sheryl N. Hamilton, LL.B, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.


    Dr. Sheryl N. Hamilton, LL.B, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., is the Canada Research Chair in Communication, Law and Governance and is an Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication and the Department of Law at Carelton University. She holds a law degree from the University of Saskatchewan, a Master’s degree in communication from Carleton University, and a Ph.D. in Communication Studies from Concordia University. Prior to joining the faculty of Carelton University Dr. Hamilton worked as a lawyer and as a communications consultant with Heritage Canada (Multiculturalism), as well as a Professor in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University.

     

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