Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

JMS 408 — Media Law

JMS department course · Nigerian universities

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Course contents

The concept and nature of media law. Press freedom. Democracy and press freedom. Military assault on press freedom in Nigeria. Invasion of privacy, defamation, false news. Defamation of foreign princes, copyright and piracy law. Contempt of court. Contempt of parliament. Obscenity and obscene publication, Freedom of Information Act.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study JMS 408.

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