Online Blog Assignment

Online Blog Assignment

Instructions

Write a blog entry discussing a legal implications of an event that received media coverage and in some way related to Online Harassment

The event and media coverage should be within the last three years.

• It should involve an aspect of online harassment ( I will upload the slide for it )
• We are extending your learning and testing your ability to apply a legal analysis – that might be applying the law as its stands to a fact situation, or a discussion of the law as it should be in your view, or an analysis of coverage and gaps of legal regulation in this area; it might also consider the Bill of Rights / Human Rights implications of the current law by application to the event.
• The event may be international but you need to discuss the NZ legal context.
• Please provide at least one link to media coverage about the event you are writing about.

Parameters and Format

• Indicative word length 750-850
• Use embedded hyperlinks in the text to refer to external sources (and also provide a list of the hyperlinks in full at the end of the paper) Hyperlinks can be embedded under words in a Word document using the Insert / Hyperlink function.
• Use NZ Law Style (with footnotes) for statute, case law, reports etc you are referring to as authority

What makes a good blog?

• Succinct and captivating; Compelling content which is informative and takes a position
• Makes an argument
• References other people’s opinions or relevant supporting information in the text
• Has a journalistic form – a punchy heading, an analysis of the event, an unpacking of the issues, concluding observations.

Some New Zealand Legal Blogs

• www.medialawjournal.co.nz
• www.burgess.co.nz
• publicaddress.net/legalbeagle
• www.pundit.co.nz/blogs/andrew-geddis
• http://trevordayawinterbottom.com/blog
• lawgeeknz.posterous.com
• http://www.laws179.co.nz/