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• Title:Privacy and libel law : the clash with press freedom / Paul Tweed.
  
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• Author/Creator:Tweed, Paul.
  
• Published/Created:Haywards Heath : Bloomsbury Professional, ©2012.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KD1960 .T87 2012
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Libel and slander--Great Britain.
  Privacy, Right of--Great Britain.
  Freedom of the press--Great Britain.
  
• Description:xix, 148 p. ; 25 cm
  
• Summary:"Privacy and Libel Law: The Clash with Press Freedom discusses the different approaches to the law of libel and privacy on either side of the Atlantic and the Rachel Ehrenfeld case that generated the lobbying campaign that eventually resulted in President Obama signing the SPEECH Act into law in the US."--From p. 4 of cover.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781847669025
  1847669026 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Background to the controversy - differences in attitudes towards "freedom of speech" in the US and UK
  Development of libel law in the USA
  Increased media attention on defamation and privacy
  The clamour for reform
  The developing laws of privacy
  A decade of press intrusions
  The press on trial
  Access to justice
  The battle for privacy
  An international perspective
  Intellectual property and other rights
  Who guards the guardians?
  Conclusion.