This unit will be primarily concerned with examining what legal action individuals can take in order to protect their privacy against others: the state, the media, companies and other individuals. It will look at the position in Australia and then the development of the common law torts in England. The English position is unusual because the common law has been developed so as to give effect to Art 8 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) on a case by case basis. The jurisprudence of European Court of Human Rights and its broad interpretation of Art 8 ECHR (Right to Private and Family Life) will then be considered in this context. The general approach of European law to protecting... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Janice Richardson
Prerequisites: LAW1101 and LAW1104 or other introduction to law courses.
