Media Law

Discuss the following: Which legal problems may arise related to the modern media? In your opinion, which issues are regulated by media law?

Media law is law that regulates media production and use Media law is law that regulates media production and use. Media law can encompass many different types of media including broadcast television, internet and print media.

Media Law is a fast developing and increasingly high profile area of law. It deals with issues relating to freedom of expression and the right to communicate, and the way these rights intersect with competing interests.

Topics (1) Liability for media content – for example, when can the press publish facts about a person’s private life? Do public figures have weaker rights to reputation? Will media coverage prejudice a jury trial? (2) Legal assistance and control of newsgathering – can the police seize journalists’ notebooks? When do journalists have a right not to disclose the identity of confidential sources? (3) Media regulation – what system of regulation should govern the press? Why do we have different regulatory systems for television and newspapers (and where should the internet fit in this scheme of things)? How much media should any person or company be allowed to control?

Defamation Defamation involves false statements about another person which may harm their reputation. An intentional false communication that injures another person’s good name There are two types: libel (written) and slander (oral) Remedies: injunction and damages

Defamation The claimant must prove that the defamatory statement was made with malice (knowing it was false or with a reckless disregard as to whether it was true or false) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbXfG5uJKTE Discuss the case!

Revision

Language and Law What is LSP? Why does legal language differ from other LSPs? Which are main characteristics of Legal English? Which are sources of Legal English?

Vocabulary revision English for Legal Purposes Act of Settlement Legal proceedings Statutes

Translation Legal language is not used only for internal professional communication.  Its use is very widespread: law governs all areas of social life and affects the life of all citizens. Therefore, plain language movements have emerged in an effort to make legal language easier to understand for ordinary citizens.

Write down the terms which mean the following: sequences of words which usually occur together _________ words which have the same meaning _____________ modal used to express the legal imperative _________ a type of function word that stands for another word ______________ the study of sentences and their structure ______________________

About Law What is law? What is the purpose of law? What is a state?

Vocabulary revision To enforce law Breach of law To resolve disputes Bill of rights

Translation The law facilitates, often even encourages, certain social and economic arrangements. It provides the rules to enable parties to enter into the contract of marriage, employment, or purchase and sale. Company law, inheritance law, property law all furnish the means by which we are able to pursue the activities that constitute social life.

Fill in the gaps with appropriate words: countries, rights, cases, individuals, proportions A dimension of the law that has assumed enormous _________ in recent years is the protection of individual ___________. The law of many _________ includes a billof rights as a means of seeking to protect __________ against the violation of rights that are considered fundamental. In some ________ a bill of rights is enshined in a constitution.

Branches of Law What is national and what is international law? What is the difference between public and private law? Who takes action in criminal law, and who takes action in civil law?

Vocabulary revision Substantive law Law of succession To sue the defendant To plead guilty

Translation The judge rules on points of law and passes a sentence on the defendant, e.g. a fine or a term of imprisonment. If the judge and the jury find the case is not proven, they acquit the defendant.

Write down the terms which mean the following: the formal decision of a jury on the matters submitted to them during a trial of a case _____________ a formal statement made in court by an accused person as a response to the charge made against him __________ the person who makes a legal claim ____________ the party sued in a civil lawsuit _____________ a body established by law for the administration of justice ___________ money paid as compensation for an injury or wrong _____________ the punishment given to a person convicted of a crime ____________

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