Defamation: Comparative Law and Practice - Softcover

Kenyon, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844720217 ISBN 13: 9781844720217

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Defamation: Comparative Law and Practice offers a timely and original investigation into defamation law and litigation practice in England, Australia and the United States, combining close legal analysis and extensive empirical research to examine central aspects of defamation law.

This groundbreaking contribution to legal knowledge will be useful to researchers, academics, students and practitioners working in media and communications law. It will enable lawyers outside the US to make more informed use of US law and commentary and it sets out, in an accessible manner, the intricacies of English and Australian defamation law and practice for US legal readers.

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About the Author

Andrew T. Kenyon is a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Melbourne, where he directs the CMCL, Centre for Media and Communications Law. He researches in comparative media law - especially defamation, free speech, and electronic media regulation - examining social and cultural aspects of law as well as legal doctrine. He also researches in art and law, particularly in copyright and the creative arts. These interests come together in his role as editor of the refereed international journal the Media & Arts Law Review.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844720217
• ISBN 13: 9781844720217
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480