Teaching

2C2Y/2F4Y: Constitutional and Administrative Law

I am a member of the teaching team for this core module (first year undergraduate students and postgraduate diploma students) along with David Mead, Dr. Michael Harker and Anne Hammond. We cover the basics of UK constitutional law, including parliamentary sovereignty, the Human Rights Act, judicial review, devolution and the Cabinet.  In previous years, I have taught a range of seminars and lectures, on topics such as electoral systems, the House of Lords, the parliamentary ombudsman, devolution and local government, and constitutional reform, and I will be one of the lecturers for 2010/11.

3B4Y/3B7Y: Media, entertainment and sports law

This optional module for final year undergraduate law students was offered for the first time in 2009/10.  I teach practical media law (or the law of journalism, covering court reporting, contempt, FOI and the protection of sources), entertainment law (focusing on music industry contracts), content regulation, and aspects of new media.  The other lecturers on this module are Dr. Michael Harker, Prof. Alastair Mullis and Dr. Rob Heywood.  It is offered as ‘media law’ (20 credits) and as ‘media, entertainment & sports law’ (30 credits)

3B05/3B5Y: Internet Law / Law in the Global Information Society

These optional final year modules are offered for the first time in 2010.  More information to follow…

M589: Information Technology & Internet Law

This is my own module on Internet law for postgraduate students in the Law School and elsewhere. It covers cyberlaw histories and theories, crime, privacy, software and IP, electronic commerce, ISP liability and social networking. It ran in the first semester in 2009/10 and will do so again in 2010/11..

M606 Commercial Aspects of Media Law

This is a second-semester module (running for the third time in 2010/11) that I teach along with Prof. Alastair Mullis. We teach a series of seminars on the transactions and rules that affect the media industries. My seminars deal with advertising, media-related IP, new business models and international trade law.

DEV-M07Y Media & Society

This is one of the most exciting projects that I am involved in – it is jointly delivered by the schools of Law, International Development, Economics, Political, Social & International Studies (PSI) and Film & TV Studies. It’s a year-long core module for students on the LLM in Media Law, Policy & Practice but also for students on various media-related degrees across the media@uea initiative. I teach classes on media regulation, copyright, audiences and new media as part of this module.  In 2010/11 it is coordinated by the School of International Development.

Current Issues in Intellectual Property Law

I lead two seminars on copyright law in this module – a required course for students on the LLM in Information, Technology & Intellectual Property Law.