THEA 443 — Legal and Ethical Issues in Arts Practice
Theatre Arts · University of Ghana
This course is an introduction to the legal and ethical aspects of arts and entertainment practice in general. It is designed to give students an overview of the various relationships that exist between practitioners in the entertainment industry and how these relationships are bound by certain legal and ethical implications. The course is intended to prepare students to identify the various legal and ethical issues that affect arts practice and understand the environment within which these issues arise. Students will have some insight into how major players in the Arts and Entertainment industry (actors, musicians, models, dancers, artists, theatre, film and television producers, etc.) protect their rights from infringement, while avoiding litigation that may arise from negligence. Major topics include: Torts (privacy and defamation), Contracts, Ethics of Acting, Intellectual Property, Copyrights, ethical controversy and Works of Art, the Legal implications of using Online Media Content Distribution platforms.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- THEA 424 — African Arts and Ideas
- THEA 425 — Production Participation III
- THEA 426 — Oriental Theatre
- THEA 427 — African-American Theatre
- THEA 428 — Media and Society
- THEA 432 — Production Participation IV
- THEA 433 — African Performance Theories
- THEA 434 — Stage Make-up
- THEA 435 — Effective Communication in Performance
- THEA 436 — African Plays and Playwrights
- THEA 437 — Puppet Theatre
- THEA 438 — Production and Project Development
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).