Edited by one of Canada's foremost media law scholars, this book, a project of The Commonwealth Association for Education in Journalism and Communication (CAEJC), assesses the state of freedom of expression in the Commonwealth through contributions by select legal scholars, jurists, and journalists.
Essays provide an overview of the meaning of freedom of expression from theoretical, historical, and sociological perspectives. Country reports that provide an inventory of existing media laws and administrative practices in several Commonwealth nations complement the essays, and include: Cameroon, Canada, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom. Finally, CAEJC provides a statement of principles that are viewed as essential to the protection of freedom of expression.
This book is extremely useful to journalists, lawyers, students, and anyone working with mass media or international affairs.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Robert Martin
PART ONE: ESSAYS ON THE MEANING OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
1) Essay on Freedom of Expression
Shirani A. Bandaranayake
2) Press Freedom in Commonwealth Countries
Derek Ingram
3) The Globalization of the Media and Judicial Independence
Michael Kirby
4) Freedom of Expression and the Caribbean Media
Rex Nettleford
5) Freedom of Expression
George Verghese
6) The Meaning and Significance of the Freedom of Expression
Gita Honwana Welch
PART TWO: COUNTRY REPORTS
1) Cameroon
Charles Manga Fombad
2) Canada
Robert Martin
3) Ghana
Kofi Kumado
4) India
Venkat Iyer
5) Jamaica
John Maxwell
6) Kenya
Gitobu Imanyara, Kibe Mungai
7) Malaysia
Raja Aziz Addruse
8) Mauritius
Sanjay Bhuckory
9) New Zealand
Jim Tully
10) Pakistan
Owais Aslam Ali
11) Papua New Guinea
David Robie
12) South Africa
Tracy Cohen, Lene Johannessen, Solange Rosa
13) Sri Lanka
Victor Gunewardena
14) United Kingdom
David Goldberg, Tony Prosser, Stefaan Verhulst
PART THREE: STATEMENT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION FOR THE COMMONWEALTH
CAEJC
Notes on Contributors
Index