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PROF ANDREW KENYON



Contact Details

Organization: Law
Position: PROFESSOR
Email:
Homepage: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/staff/Andrew%20Kenyon
Work: +61 3 834 49972
Mobile: 0419 548 061
Fax: +61 3 8344 9900
Room: 0955
Level: 09
Building: Law Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Comparative Media and Communications Law; Art and Law; Sociolegal Research Methods Defamation, Copyright, Free Speech, Media Regulation, Civil Litigation Australia, England, United States of America, Malaysia, Singapore

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United Kingdom University of Leeds Research
United Kingdom University College London Teaching
United States Columbia University Research, Teaching
United Kingdom University of Durham Teaching
United States Emory University Research
United Kingdom Queen Mary, University of London Research, Teaching
United States University of Louisville Research
United States University of Richmond Teaching
United States Villanova University Teaching

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Laws (Honours) University of Melbourne 05-Mar-1994
Master of Laws (Distinction) University of London 01-Nov-1997
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 18-Dec-2002

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Barrister & Solicitor Supreme Court of Victoria Barrister & Solicitor 31-Dec-1995

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Defamation law in context: Australian & US news production practices & public debate Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2003
Copyright and cultural institutions: digitising collections in public museums, galleries and libraries Chief Investigator AUST WAR MEMORIAL,
MUSEUM VIC,
ART GALLERY OF NSW,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL,
STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA,
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA,
AUST CENTRE FOR THE MOVING IMAGE
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2003
Transforming knowledge spaces: open technologies for research collaboration and research communication Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL ARC Research Networks Seed Funding 01/01/2004
The future of television: Australian legal protection of digital broadcast content Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2005
"The Media and ASEAN Transitions: Defamation Law, Journalism and Public Debate in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore" Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2006
"Cultural Collections, Creators and Copyright: Museums, Galleries, Libraries and Archives and Australia's Digital Heritage" Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/11/2006
THE AUSTALIAN LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP LIBRARY - ENHANCING RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR AUSTRALIAN LAW Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES - DO NOT USE (636) Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2008
Defamation and Privacy: Law, Media and Public Speech Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
LEGAL CONTROLS ON CROSS-BORDER ADVERTISING AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION Chief Investigator CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA 27/06/2005
RESEARCH AGREEMENT - LEGAL CONTROLS ON CROSS-BORDER ADVERTISING AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (II) Chief Investigator CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA 01/10/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Books

  • Landmarks in Australian intellectual property law
    Year: 2009
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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Book Chapters

  • Situating intellectual property law: introducing landmark Australian cases
    Year: 2009
    Book: Landmarks in Australian Intellectual Property Law
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
    Authors(s):
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Chilled Journalism? Defamation and public speech in US and Australian law and journalism


    Year: 2008
    Journal: New Zealand Sociology
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 18-33
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  • The future of  "responsible journalism": Defamation law, public debate and news production


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journalism Practice
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 372-385
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  • The strange death and curious after-lives of the academic journal
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Communication
    Volume: 35
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 89-109
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Major Reference Works

  • The New Oxford Companion to Law:Censorship
    Year: 2008
    Reference Work Title: The New Oxford Companion to Law
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
    Author(s):

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Journalism and Defamation Law: Contesting Public Speech


    Year: 2008
    Event name: TASA
    Conference Publication: TASA: Re- Imagining Sociology
    Page numbers: 1-16
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2007

Books

Book Chapters

  • Changing channels: Media studies, copyright law and communications policy
    Year: 2007
    Book: TV Futures: Digital Television Policy in Australia
    Publisher: Melbourne University Press(Carlton)
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    URL - open access http://ssrn.com/abstract=1025774
  • Modelling Copyright Exceptions: Law and Practice in Australian Cultural Institutions
    Year: 2007
    Book: New Directions in Copyright Law
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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Journal Articles

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Responsible Journalism: Defamation Law and News Production in Australia, the US and the


    Year: 2007
    Event name: Public Sociologies: Lessons and Trans-Tasman Connections
    Conference Publication: TASA SAANZ Joint Conference Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-6
    Publisher: University of Auckland(Auckland)
    Author(s):

Reports

Publications in 2006

Books

  • Defamation: Comparative Law and Practice
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: UCL Press(London)
    Authors(s):
  • New Dimensions in Privacy Law: International and Comparative Perspectives
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
    Authors(s):
  • The Right to Speak Ill: Defamation, Reputation and Free Speech
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Carolina Academic Press (Durham)
    Authors(s):

Book Chapters

  • New Dimensions in Privacy: Communications Technologies, Media Practices and Law
    Year: 2006
    Book: New Dimensions in Privacy: International and Comparative Perspectives
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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Journal Articles

  • Television as Something Special? Content Control Technologies and Free-To-Air TV
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Melbourne University Law Review
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 338-369
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Reports

  • Controlling Cross-Border Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship - Implementing the FCTC
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Centre for Media and Communications Law, University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Copyright reform for visual artists: an analysis of proposals for a resale royalty scheme in Australia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Intellectual Property Law Bulletin
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 75-78
    Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths(Sydney)
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  • Images of celebrity: publicity, privacy, law
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Media and Arts Law Review
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 311-324
    Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths and contributors(Parkville)
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  • Sidestepping Copyright: British Fairy Tale Anthologies of the 19th Century
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Texas Wesleyan Law Review
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 81-89
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Communication in the digital environment: An empirical study into copyright law and digitisation practices in public museums, galleries and libraries
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Australian and New Zealand Communication Assoiation International Conference, 2005: Communication at Work
    Conference Publication: Communication at Work: 2005 Australia and New Zealand Communication Association Conference Proceedings (ANZCA05)
    Volume: .
    Page numbers: 1-15
    Publisher: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association(Christchurch)
    Author(s):
  • Reshaping Media Production Practices: Comparative News and Defamation Law
    Year: 2005
    Event name: TASA 2005 Conference
    Conference Publication: The Australian Sociological Association 2005 Conference Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-11
    Publisher: The University of Sydney/The Australian Sociological Association(Sydney)
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Reports

  • Copyright and cultural institutions: Guidelines for digitisation
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: CMCL & IPRIA (Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne)(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • Copyright and cultural institutions: Short guidelines for digitisation
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: CMCL & IPRIA (Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne)(Melbourne)
    Authors:
    URL - open access http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=881700
  • Freedom of expression and media freedom within Pacific Island countries: A report for the Pacific Media and Communications Facility
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Pacific Media and Communications Facility
    Publisher: AusAid(Canberra)
    Authors:
  • Mellon study: the integrity of archives
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Columbia University and Mellon Foundation
    Publisher: Columbia University & Mellon Foundation(New York)
    Authors:

Publications in 2004

Books

  • An aesthetics of law and culture: Texts, images, screens
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: Elsevier(New York)
    Authors(s):

Book Chapters

  • Alter egos: The mise-en-scène of law and aesthetics
    Year: 2004
    Book: An aesthetics of law and culture: Texts, images, screens
    Publisher: Elsevier(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • Book review of Christopher May, The information society: A sceptical view
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Sociology
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 310-312
    Publisher: Sage Publications(London)
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  • Copyright, digitisation, and cultural institutions
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Communication
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 89-105
    Publisher: Queensland University of Technology, School of Communication
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  • Defamation Law and free speech: Reynolds v Times Newspapers and the English Media
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1255-1316
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  • Defamation law's chilling effect: A comparative content analysis of Australian and US newspapers
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Media and Arts Law Review
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 89-111
    Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths and contributors(Parkville)
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  • Imputation or publication: The cause of action in defamation law
    Year: 2004
    Journal: University of New South Wales Law Journal
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 100-122
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  • Lange and Reynolds qualified privilege: Australian and english defamation law and practice
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Melbourne University Law Review
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 406-437
    Publisher: Melbourne University Law Review
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  • Libraries and the digital agenda
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Internet Law Bulletin
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 54-56
    Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths(Sydney)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Regulating news: standards and competence in contemporary media practice
    Year: 2004
    Event name: The Australian Sociological Association 2004 Conference
    Conference Publication: The Australian Sociological Association 2004 Conference proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: The University of Sydney/The Australian Sociological Association(Sydney)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Antipodean defamation: An outline of Australian law and practice
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Media Law Resource Center Bulletin
    Volume: 2003
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 99-124
    Publisher: Media Law Resource Centre(New York)
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  • Negotiating news: journalistic practice and defamation law in Australia and the US
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journalism Review
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 31-49
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  • Recovering stolen art: Legal understandings in the Australian art market
    Year: 2003
    Journal: University of Tasmania Law Review
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 1-22
    Publisher: University of Tasmania, Law Faculty
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Judging journalism: US and Australian defamation law and news production
    Year: 2003
    Event name: ANZCA '03: Designing communication for diversity
    Conference Publication: Designing communication for diversity
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: Brisbane Graduate School of Business(Brisbane)
    Author(s):
  • Producing the news: US and Australian media defamation law
    Year: 2003
    Event name: New(s) times: journalism production and practice
    Conference Publication: New(s) times: journalism production and practice
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • Seeking Sullivan, looking for Lange: US and Australian defamation law and news production
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Australian & New Zealand Communication Association International Conference 2003: Designing communication for diversity
    Conference Publication: 2003 Australian & New Zealand Communication Association Conference Proceedings (ANZCA03)
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: Queensland University of Technology(Brisbane)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Recovering Stolen Art - Australian, English and US Law on Limitations of Action.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: The University of Western Australia Law Review
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 233-250
    Publisher: Faculty of Law, University of Western Australia(Crawley)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • A Prejudicial Media?
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Media and Arts Law Review
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  • Copyright, Heritage and Aboriginal Art
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Griffith Law Review
    Volume: 9
    Page numbers: 303-320
    Publisher: Griffith University Law School(Griffith)
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  • Defamation and Critique: Political Speech and New York Times v Sullivan in England and Australia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Melbourne University Law Review
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 522-549
    Publisher: Melbourne University Law Review
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