That was a great class, everyone!! Thank you for being so engaged! Sorry we had to jam so much in because there’s no class next week. If you still have questions re: the briefing paper, please check the Briefing Assignments page on the course website for more details and/or  email me or Sky.  You need to choose either Cheng v. Tse or Jameel. It is due Friday, Feb. 18. Please email a soft copy and drop off a hard copy at JMSC.

In the meantime, as I mentioned, the Defamation Readings are for the next three classes (Feb. 15, Feb. 22 and March 8).  If you haven’t picked them up yet, please check with Jason Hui at JMSC.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Next week we tackle legal reporting. Please refer to the Readings, which include Chapters 2 (The Legal System) and Chapter 4 (Court Reporting and Contempt of Court)  and some of the court cases we’ll be referring to.

As I mentioned, Cliff Buddle, deputy editor of the South China Morning Post and former senior courts reporter, will be on hand to help with the discussion. And we look forward to our volunteers who will be reporting to us from the front lines of the Nancy Kissel trial!

Thanks for your attentiveness last night for Danny Gittings’ lectures on legal foundations and freedom of expression. We know they were a lot to absorb but consider them building blocks for the weeks to come! If you have any questions or comments, include them here or email to me and we can talk about them in class next week.

Thanks everyone for such a lively discussion and your embrace of our new “clicker” technology! See you next week! If you missed filling out the class survey or next week’s handout readings, please stop by the JMSC front desk.

To prepare for the first class, please be sure to obtain the 2 required texts for the course, Hong Kong  Media Law: A Guide for Journalists and Media Professionals (available at the university bookstore or the HKU Press showroom on campus), and International Libel & Privacy Handbook (a limited number available at the JMSC office).

- -Chapter 1 (Overview), Hong Kong Media Law, pp. 1-8. (You might also want to look at ”Key Legal Milestones for Press Freedom and Media Developments in Hong Kong,” on pp. xvii-xx and refer to the book website http://hongkongmedialaw.net for any updates.)

-Preface: Understanding Media Law in the Global Context,” International Libel & Privacy Handbook, pp. xiii-xxiv

-”Communication Law and Policy, Asia,” International Encyclopedia of Communication (Wiley Blackwell 2008), which gives a brief overview of media law issues in Asia (posted here )

See you soon!

Welcome to the website for JMSC6022 Media Law class.

Lecturer: Doreen Weisenhaus

Director, Media Law Project

Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU

Chapter updates available here:   http://hongkongmedialaw.net