Download This PaperFoundations of the Freedom of the Press in Australia
Australian Bar Review, Vol. 23, No. 2, p. 89, 2003
Quadrant, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 9, 2003
54 Pages Posted: 14 Apr 2011
Date Written: November 20, 2002
Abstract
This paper recounts the origin of the freedom of the press in Australia, and, in particular, the contribution made by the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW, Sir Francis Forbes, in protecting the press from governmental interference in the earlier nineteenth century. It also discusses the early debates in the colony on the effect of the law of libel on the liberty of the press, and the role that an independent judiciary, supported by a vigorous and independent bar, has in the preservation of liberties.
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Spigelman, James J., Foundations of the Freedom of the Press in Australia (November 20, 2002). Australian Bar Review, Vol. 23, No. 2, p. 89, 2003, Quadrant, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 9, 2003, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1806771
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