CMN 2170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Internet Service Provider, New Media, Actual Malice
22 Sep 2016
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First test - mc, possible essay-type question; 30 questions roughly, Scc can"t be appealed, binding for all lower courts in canada judgement can be revisited down the road. Over time society changes and values change, the culture might even change. Automatic publication ban in alberta in 1930s for family law cases, i. e. divorce, child cases, etc. (media couldn"t report the identities) 1980s, challenged this, bc it was no longer stigma or dangerous to publish. Air waves were a mess bc there was no regulation; collapse on itself (verge of) Study reasons for judgement, read many times to understand. Approach next reading (tab 2, dion) with understanding of tab 1. Challenge to the precedent set by scc in radio reference (tab 1) Needed new judgement - set to provincial jurisdiction instead of federal like in tab 1. Intervener - intervenes as a 3rd party that applies to the appeal court or.
