Eric M. Barendt is the Goodman Professor of Media Law at

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. After graduating with a BCL and an MA degree at

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, Barendt was

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. He began lecturing in law as a fellow at

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in 1971. In 1990 he left Oxford to take up a position as Goodman Professor of Media Law at University College London, the first media law professorship in the United Kingdom. He also teaches

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at the undergraduate level. He has been a visiting professor at

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, the

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, the

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, and Panthéon-Assas University.

Writings

* ''Freedom of Speech'', 2007, * ''Academic Freedom and the Law: A Comparative Study'', 2010,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barendt, Eric British legal scholars Academics of University College London Alumni of the University of Oxford Living people Members of Gray's Inn Fellows of St Catherine's College, Oxford Legal scholars of the University of Oxford Year of birth missing (living people)