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LAW ON MASS MEDIA.  marichulambino

Objectives: After completing the course, students should be able to:

     1.Explain basic concepts of constitutional law, crime and punishment, civil damage and injury, the concept of jurisdiction, the structure of the judiciary, the jurisdiction of each court, and the different kinds of actions: criminal and civil procedure, special civil actions

     2.Assess the background, basis, and scope of the right to freedom of expression;  the constitutional requisites of media ownership and management; the law and jurisprudence on the  the rights and privileges of media workers including: the right of access, the right not to be forced to disclose the source, the right to freedom from prior restraint, labor rights of media workers in the Philippines, intellectual property rights of content- creators

  3.Analyze and explain the laws that limit freedom of expression including: libel, the Cybercrime Prevention Act, the individual’s right to privacy based on civil law and criminal law, the Anti-Voyeurism Act, the law on obscenity, laws on public order, the right of the accused to a fair trial and against prejudicial publicity

1^st Day of Classes

I. Concepts of Law

A.The Constitution. B. Statutes. ( examples: the Revised Penal Code; Civil Code; special laws) C. Decisions of the Supreme Court (examples of different kinds of actions as background: criminal actions, civil cases, special civil actions: injunction cases: petition for certiorari and mandamus, petition for certiorari and prohibition, etc.)

II.  How the Judicial Machinery Works

A.The Courts. Concept of jurisdiction. Structure of the Judiciary. Jurisdiction of each court: Metropolitan Trial Court, Regional Trial Court, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court.  B. Quasi-Judicial Bodies