International Libel Handbook: A Practical Guide for Journalists - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750624884 ISBN 13: 9780750624886

Publisher: Focal Press, 1995

Synopsis

The advance of the global media, whether by satellite, wire or Internet, has created unprecedented opportunities for publishers and journalists. But international publishing is a legal quagmire, especially the law of libel. This books charts a way through the problems international journalists can face, and reconciles some of the different laws affecting what they write. It explains and compares the law in eight countries - the United States, France, Germany, India, Japan, Australia, England and Wales, and Canada with contributions from leading lawyers in each country. There are also two general chapters - a comparative chapter on libel laws and a chapter on risk management tackling the practical daily problems which beset journalists and other writers.

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From the Back Cover

This book charts a way through the problems international journalists face, and reconciles some of the different laws affecting what they write. It explains and compares the law in eight countries with expert contributions from leading lawyers in each one. This is an essential handbook which every busy editor should have within reaching distance of their desk.

Edition details

• Publisher: Focal Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750624884
• ISBN 13: 9780750624886
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Braithwaite Nick, Chance Clifford