The Legal Precedent
In order to make a fair judgement, a judge must know of the legal precedent: the history behind the law in question, previous rulings, the rationale behind these rulings, their constitutionality and larger implications, and their real world effects. By examining the legal history, a judge can ensure that their own judgement will be rational, unbiased, and effective. In order to complete your task, you must think beyond your own personal feelings or the current political atmosphere and look at the rulings before yours before you make your decision. Click the links below in order to see different anti-paparazzi and pro-paparazzi laws that have recently been put into effect and learn about the implications of these laws.
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The debate about paparazzi has been raging on quite recently, and major legal decisions have been made as recent as 2014. Click here to watch a video and read a brief summary of the two anti-paparazzi laws that passed recently in
To learn more about the effects of these laws, and how the proponents hope that the law can help protect children, click here to read more.
This article criticizes this recent law, and it discusses how paparazzi laws are overbroad, and therefore ineffective at actually protecting children and privacy, and too limiting to the freedom of the press.
France has already passed strict anti-paparrazi laws that make it illegal to take pictures of children and require the publisher to blur out the faces of anyone not willing to be published. By destroying the market for these photos in France, however, this law has led for French paparazzi to begin selling the photos to other countries such as Germany, Spain, and the United States. Click here to read more.
There is also a legal precedent against paparazzi laws. Click here to read an account of how a judge dismissed Justin Bieber’s counts against the paparazzi, citing the importance of Freedom of Press for news gathering activities.
To learn more about the effects of these laws, and how the proponents hope that the law can help protect children, click here to read more.
This article criticizes this recent law, and it discusses how paparazzi laws are overbroad, and therefore ineffective at actually protecting children and privacy, and too limiting to the freedom of the press.
France has already passed strict anti-paparrazi laws that make it illegal to take pictures of children and require the publisher to blur out the faces of anyone not willing to be published. By destroying the market for these photos in France, however, this law has led for French paparazzi to begin selling the photos to other countries such as Germany, Spain, and the United States. Click here to read more.
There is also a legal precedent against paparazzi laws. Click here to read an account of how a judge dismissed Justin Bieber’s counts against the paparazzi, citing the importance of Freedom of Press for news gathering activities.