McNae's Essential Law for Journalists

Part 1: The Landscape of Law, Ethics and Regulation
1:Introduction
2:Press regulation
3:Broadcast regulation
4:Journalism avoiding unjustified intrusion

Part 2: Crime, Courts and Tribunals
5:Crime - media coverage prior to any court case
6:Crimes - categories and definitions
7:Magistrates' courts - summary cases
8:Magistrates' courts - the most serious criminal cases
9:Crown courts and appeal courts
10:Juveniles in court proceedings
11:Sexual offences, human trafficking and female genital mutilation
12:Court reporting - other restrictions
13:Civil courts
14:Family courts
15:Open justice and access to court information
16:Challenging in the courts
17:Coroners' courts
18:Tribunals and public inquiries
19:Contempt of court

Part 3: Defamation and Related Law
20:Defamation - definitions and dangers
21:The claimant and what must be proved
22:Defences
23:The public interest defence
24:The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
25:Slander, malicious falsehood and obscenity

Part 4: Confidentiality, Privacy and Copyright
26:Breach of confidence
27:Privacy
28:Data protection
29:Copyright

Part 5: Information and Expression
30:The Freedom of Information Act 2000
31:Other information rights and access to meetings
32:Reporting elections
33:Official secrets
34:The journalist's sources and neutrality
35:The risks of being charged with bribery, misconduct, hacking or intercepting
36:The right to take photographs, film and record
37:Northern Ireland

Part 6: Online Chapters
38:The incitement of hate
39:Scotland
40:Terrorism and the effect of counter-terrorism law