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- Basics of Minnesota Defamation Law - General information provided by an attorney based in Minneapolis.
www.abbottlaw.com/defamation.html
- Defamation - Excerpt from David Hurd's Employee Survival Handbook covering defamation in the workplace.
www.faceintel.com/defamation.htm
- Defamation Act 1996 - Complete text of the official legislation for the UK.
www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1996/1996031.htm
- Defamation Law and Free Speech - Leaflet with information about legal rights and options for action for people who may be threatened by a legal action or who are worried about something they want to say or publish.
www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/dissent/documents/defamation.html
- English Libel Law and the E.U. Provisions Governing Free Movement of Goods - David F. Dieteman claims that "English defamation law conflicts with E.U. free movement of goods provisions because the massive and unpredictable liabilities of English libel law have "equivalent effect" to restrictions on trade." [PDF]
www.mises.org/journals/scholar/Englishlibel.pdf
- Foreign Libel, Slander and Defamation Cases - Summaries of cases from countries outside the U.S.
www.cptech.org/ecom/jurisdiction/defamation.html
- Free Legal Information: Libel/Slander Law - FAQ-type document written for the layperson.
injury-law.freeadvice.com/libel_and_slander
- H2O Bulletin: Green Light to Forum Shopping for Libel Claims - "Recent cases in England and the United States could have significant consequences for publishers and ISPs based outside England but who publish within the jurisdiction of the English court."
www.h2o-law.com/pages/bulletin7.htm
- If You Can't Say Something Nice, Don't Say Anything - David Flint's paper covers defamation, civil liberties, and self-regulation, and cites relevant case law from both the US and the UK.
www.itsecurity.com/papers/p22.htm
- It's a Small World After All: Emerging Protections for the U.S. Media Sued in England - An article by Laura R. Handman and Robert D. Balin that reflects upon the practice of plaintiffs bringing their libel suits into British courts, despite not residing in Britan.
www.dwt.com/related_links/adv_bulletins/CMITFall1998USMedia.htm
- Lords Urged to Ease Libel Law for Political Reports - "Britain's highest court, the House of Lords, was urged yesterday to change the law of libel "where it interferes with the constitutional right to freedom of political expression"". [Guardian Unlimited]
www.guardian.co.uk/freedom/Story/0,2763,207789,00.html
- Media Libel - Overview of libel, transcripts of notable cases, and hypothetical scenarios of cases to test readers' comprehension of libel law.
www.hfac.uh.edu/comm/media_libel
- New South Wales Law Reform Commission: Defamation - Complete text of the Commission's report.
www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/nswlrc/rpt75
- NewsDesk-UK: This is Libel - Overview of British libel law for the general reader.
www.newsdesk-uk.com/law/libelcheck.shtml
- The Future of Libel Law and Independent Appellate Review: Making Sense of Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. - Originally published in Cornell Law Review (1985) by Gary A. Paranzino.
www.paranzino.com/libel.html
- Unfettered Press: Libel Law in the United States - An overview of libel law from the perspective of journalists and the media.
usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/media/unfetter/press08.htm
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