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Privacy and the Press (Paperback)
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Do we need a law of privacy? Should judges be allowed to stop us
reading about a footballer's adultery or enjoying pictures of a
film star's wedding? Is a super-model's cocaine addiction something
that she should be allowed to keep private? And aren't we entitled
to walk down the street without having our most intimate activities
recorded on security cameras and broadcast to the world? These
questions have divided not only the country but also our most
senior judges. Drawing a line between justified and unjustified
intrusion places great stresses on our legal traditions with some
judges favouring an approach which stretches existing laws to grant
relief to deserving victims, whilst other judges feel that it would
be more honest to simply recognize privacy as a new human right.
The latter approach creates further problems: should it be up to
Parliament alone to create such a right? And what about free
speech? Do the newspapers and the public not have rights too? The
issues raised are often highly emotive. Newspapers are not allowed
to identify Thompson and Venables, the young men who murdered
two-year-old James Bulger, because their lives would be in danger.
Nobody may identify Mary Bell, who also killed when she was a
child, even though there was no such risk. Will paedophiles be the
next to demand lifelong anonymity? Steering a course through this
minefield requires a grasp of legal concepts and principles and an
understanding of how the law develops. This book explores how the
English legal system has had to blend old laws on confidentiality
with modern human rights law in order to deal with these
problematic issues. Written for non-specialists by one of Britain s
best known legal journalists, this book provides a uniquely
accessible guide to the legal aspects of this public debate.
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