Preface to the fourth edition
List of Tables
Abbreviations
Part 1: Journalists and the legal system
1 Media law and ethics
2 The legal system
3 Freedom of the press
Part 2: Reporting crime and justice
4 Open justice
5 Contempt of Court
6 Court reporting and restrictions
Part 3: Journalists and reputations
7 Identifying defamation
8 Defending defamation
Part 4: Investigative journalism
9 Keeping secrets: Confidentiality, sources and freedom of information legislation
10 Anti-terrorism and hate laws
Part 5: Ethics and the law
11 Intellectual property: Protecting your work and using the work of others
12 Privacy
13 The regulators
Appendix 1: MEAA (AJA) Code of Ethics
Appendix 2: Australian Press Council Statement of Principles
Index
