Chapter 1 Overview&Doreen Weisenhaus 1
Chapter 2 The Legal System&Doreen Weisenhaus 9
Chapter 3 Defamation&Jill Cottrell 21
Chapter 4 Court Reporting and Contempt of Court&Doreen Weisenhaus 61
Chapter 5 Access to Information&Doreen Weisenhaus 87
Chapter 6 Privacy&Doreen Weisenhaus 103
Chapter 7 Official Secrets and Sedition&Doreen Weisenhaus 127
Chapter 8 Other Restrictions on Newsgathering and Reporting&Yan Mei Ning 145
Chapter 9 Reporting on the Mainland&Doreen Weisenhaus 163
Chapter 10 Copyright&Doreen Weisenhaus 187
Chapter 11 Print and Online Regulation and Self-Regulation&Yan Mei Ning 207
Chapter 12 Broadcast Media Regulation&Yan Mei Ning 229
Appendix A Excerpts of Key Statutes and Regulations 255
Appendix B Searching for Public Records of Courts&Chan Pui-king and Vivian Kwok 325
Appendix C Judicial Practice Directions: Hearings in Chambers in Civil Proceedings 337
Appendix D The Code on Access to Information 343
References 349
Glossary of Legal Terms 355
Index 361