Libel Fundamentals: What Everyone Needs to Know
Rodger Soenksen, James Madison University
Libel is the written form of defamation. There are two forms of libel, libel per se and libel per quod. It is much harder to libel a public figure or public official. The defenses for libel are fair comment, truth and statute of limitations.
We also talked about New York Times v. Sullivan and Gurz v. Welch. This session was a crash course in Communication Law.
Lela Coker
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