Understanding Libel: Definition, Proof, and Differences From Slander

Learn how libel in writing or broadcast differs from slander. Discover legal definitions, proof requirements, and protections ...
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What is Libel?

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Constitutional law attorney Floyd Abrams and University of Tennessee professor Glenn Reynolds discussed the definition of libel. They spoke about the ...
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How to tell the difference between defamation, slander, and libel

Defamation, slander, and libel are terms that are frequently confused with each other, LegalZoom says. They all fall into the same category of law and have to do with communications that falsely ...
The Atlantic

Libel and Its Legal Remedy

THE subject of libel and its restraint by legal penalty is one of immense difficulty both in England and the United States, owing to the rôle which has been assigned in both countries to public ...
The New York Times

The E. Jean Carroll Verdict Exposes the Limits of Libel Law

Ms. Jones is a professor of law at the University of Utah. In the days since a New York jury ordered Donald Trump to pay $83.3 million in damages to the libel plaintiff E. Jean Carroll, the question ...
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The Return to Criminal Law as a Remedy: Libel

I'm continue to serialize my forthcoming UC Davis Law Review article What Cheap Speech Has Done: (Greater) Equality and Its Discontents; you can read the Introduction, but in this post I'm talking ...
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What is Libel?

User-Created Clip by tgrane March 29, 2021 2021-03-27T09:34:51-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/906/1602159195.jpgConstitutional law attorney Floyd Abrams and ...