Wicked, Wicked Libels
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Wicked, Wicked Libels

  1. 192 pages
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Wicked, Wicked Libels

About this book

'The law of libel is the instrument of censorship by which dignity—too often pseudo-dignity—is to be upheld.' That is Michael Rubinstein's definition in his introduction to this lively and authoritative account Wicked, Wicked Libels (originally published in 1972) of the libel situation in Britain.

The contributors are all actively concerned about libel as a living issue. Michael Rubinstein writes first about 'the popular appetite for scandal', and the other contributors view libel from various angles. H. Montgomery Hyde looks at the law of libel itself, Louis Blom-Cooper writes about the conflicts between freer speech and privacy, and Anthony Lincoln discusses the problems facing legal advisers to the press. William Kimber, Richard Ingrams and Cecil H. King look at the subject from the publisher's point of view. Eugene Gros writes as a successful plaintiff, Louis A. Abraham looks at defamation as contempt of Parliament, and Michael Rubinstein contributes a chapter on book publishing and the law of libel. There are also two important appendices of particular interest: one an account by Harold Laski of a day in court, and the other a Press comment on the PQ 17 case after the hearing in the Court of Appeal.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781032861425
eBook ISBN
9781040186268
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Title Page
  6. Original Copyright Page
  7. Contents
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Contributors
  10. Introduction: The Popular Appetite for Scandal
  11. One A Look at the Law
  12. Two Freer Speech - and Privacy
  13. Three Reading between the Lines - The Lawyers and the News Desk
  14. Four Libel - A Book Publisher's View
  15. Five Eye Witness
  16. Six News and Abuse
  17. Seven A Libel Case as seen by a Successful Plaintiff
  18. Eight The Writer and the Writ
  19. Nine Defamation as Contempt of Parliament
  20. Appendix I: My Day in Court
  21. Appendix II Punitive Damages and the PQ 17 Libel Case: ‘Justinian’