UCL - Media and Communication Law

[COMU1322]

[30h] 3 credits

This course is taught in the 2d semester.

Teacher(s): François Jongen

Language: French

Level: First

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Aims

This course aims to familiarise students with the basic principles and key rules of law that will help to guide them through their information and communication media work.

Main themes

The course adopts an interdisciplinary approach which embraces constitutional law (freedom of expression, authorisation regimes, distribution of competences), criminal law (press law violation, criminal responsibility), civil law (civil responsibility, copyright, privacy law, image rights), economic law (advertising controls, concentration controls) and international law (the European Union and the European Human Rights Convention).

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Prerequisite: Public Law