| CODE | PBL5040 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Communication Freedoms | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Public Law | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will focus on an analysis of human rights related to communication of thought, opinion and belief. This will include a study of the four communication feeedoms, that is, freedom of thought, freedom of religion, freedom of expression and freedom of association. The Unit will also consider restrictions to the exercise of these freedoms and how they relate to the exercise of other rights. Study-Unit Aims: The main aim of the study-unit is to identify and analyse how different issues related the four communication freedoms are protected through different human rights. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Iidentify issues related to communication and expression which are protected under human rights law; - Analyse the concepts and principles developed by the European Court of Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Committee and national courts in the relevant caselaw; - Analyse and consider how national legislation implements the protection of these freedoms. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Undertake written analysis of how communication freedoms find protection under Human Rights Law. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts - Van Dijk, P.,2018, Theory and Practice of the European Convention on Human Rights, Intersentia Publishing. Supplementary Readings - Clayton, R., 2001, Privacy and Freedom of Expression, Oxford Publishing. - Craven, M., 2016, The new religious intolerance: overcoming the politics of fear in an anxious age, Harvard University Press. - Richards, D., 1999, Free speech and the politics of identity, Oxford Publishing. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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