Socio (Sep 2014)
Face to face with England’s libel laws
Abstract
The English law of libel, which is intended to protect people against publication of scurrilous and unjustified attacks against them, can be used by those rich enough to pay for expensive legal services as a means of intimidating researchers. In practice, it has a restrictive effect on the freedom of expression of researchers into current affairs. This article relates the author’s own experience of being sued for libel by the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor.
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