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Defamation law and free speech
- "The law of defamation is supposed to protect people's reputations from unfair attack. In practice its main effect is to hinder free speech and protect powerful people from scrutiny..."
Australian Defamation Law
- "The main issue in relation to the law of defamation (which seeks to protect
individual reputation) ‘is how to reconcile [its] purpose with the competing
demands of free speech..."
Defamation Havens
- Article by Australian professor Brian Martin.
Defamation
and free speech - Sally Walker, "Lange v ABC: the High Court rethinks the "constitutionalisation" of defamation law"
Australia - Defamation law reform
- List of works in the area of defamation law.
Australian defamation law
- "No two states in Australia share the same laws of defamation..."
Defamation:
Who needs protection? - Report on a defamation forum in Sydney, Australia
(September 2003).
Defamation Law Links
- List of links to Australian defamation law resources.
Defamation Law Reform
- Looking for a new way of dealing with alleged libels.
Australia makes landmark net ruling in
Gutnik/DJ defamation case - A recent case in the Australian High Court that made
headlines all over the world.
The
law of defamation and the Internet - Comment to Guthnik/DJ defamation case.
Defamation
- "While defamation law sometimes serves its intended goal, of protecting
reputations, all too often it serves as a tool for silencing criticism..."
Press Law in Australia
- Press law in Australia.
What
do ordinary Australians think is defamatory? - Study at the University of
New South Wales.
Mass
Media: Defamation
- Lists defenses clauses mass media can use in defamation cases against them.
Publishing
and media: defamation - Bristows.com specializes in pre- and post-
publication advice on defamation issues.
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