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The Merlin Affair is a multi-media program created by Professor Des Butler that is an integral component of the elective unit Media Law. The program comprises a series of modules which address different areas of media and broadcasting law focusing on the central theme of an unfolding news story – that of a government minister who is accused of taking a bribe. Week by week the story develops in accordance with the topics being studied including confidentiality, privacy, defamation, open justice, contempt, racial vilification and regulation of the media.
The modules involve a problem based learning approach which requires students to collect information or resources in a realistic context, distinguish the material from the immaterial, organise and analyse the balance, and communicate a resolution of the problem. In this way The Merlin Affair is designed to address students’ real needs by presenting a learning environment that more closely simulates legal practice.
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