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Media and Communication Law [ LCOMU1322 ]


4.0 crédits ECTS  30.0 h   1q 

Teacher(s) Jongen François ;
Language French
Place
of the course
Louvain-la-Neuve
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).
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.
Content - Presentation of the constitutional foundations, both in terms of human rights and civil liberties (freedom of expression and freedom of enterprise) in terms of the distribution of powers at the international level and domestically. - -Comparative analysis of the legal regime of different media: newspapers, radio and television, film, new modes of telecommunications (including Internet), and provisions regulating the legal liability (criminal or civil) or repair pathways extra-judicial ( right of reply in written and audio-visual periodic). - Analysis of regulations governing some areas of application of the media, such as commercial communication (advertising). Method: The study material will be mainly from the texts in the French Community of Belgium, whether international, national or community, but the comparative law will provide useful reference points. It will be widely used case studies from the case-law are in a strong waiver.
Other information Prerequisite: Public Law
Cycle et année
d'étude
> Master [120] in Information and Communication Science and Technology
> Bachelor in Law
> Bachelor in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures
> Bachelor in Philosophy
> Bachelor in Pharmacy
> Bachelor in Ancient languages and Literatures : Classics
> Bachelor in Computer Science
> Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures: German, Dutch and English
> Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General
> Bachelor in Economics and Management
> Bachelor in Motor skills : General
> Bachelor in Human and Social Sciences
> Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures : General
> Bachelor in Sociology and Anthropology
> Bachelor in Political Sciences: General
> Bachelor in History of Art and Archaeology : General
> Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies
> Bachelor in Mathematics
> Bachelor in History
> Bachelor in Biomedicine
> Bachelor in Engineering
> Bachelor in religious studies
> Master [60] in Information and Communication
> Bachelor in Information and Communication
> Preparatory year for Master in Information and Communication
Faculty or entity
in charge
> ESPO


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