Andrew Kenyon is Professor of Law and a Director of the Centre for Media and Communications Law in the Melbourne Law School. He researches in comparative media and communications law, including defamation, privacy, copyright, journalism and media policy. As well as legal doctrine, this research examines social and cultural aspects of law. Between 1999 and 2012 he edited the Media & Arts Law Review (with colleagues from 2009-2012). He has also been a Network Participant in the Australian Research Council Cultural Research Network, and is a former president of the Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand.
He has law degrees from the universities of Melbourne and London, and his memberships include the International Communications Association, the European Communication Research and Education Association, and the Socio-Legal Studies Association.
Recent articles and working papers can be found via Melbourne Legal Studies on the Legal Scholarship Network, as well as being listed under Publications, above.
Media law: Comparative defamation law, news production practices and public debate; free speech theory; privacy, defamation and journalism; digital television; digital communications regulation.
Copyright, digitisation, cultural institutions and creators.
Other Faculty and University Responsibilities
Chair, Libraries and Academic Resources Committee (a committee of the University's Academic Board)
