Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction

1

Chapter 1: Defamation Laws on a Collision Course:
The Evolution and Convergence
of American and English Law

15

Chapter 2: The Defamation Privilege—Public Persons
or Public Issues:
Did Anyone Get It Right:
New York Times or Reynolds?

97

Chapter 3: The Reynolds Defence:
Should It Be Respected on Both Sides
of the Atlantic?

179

Chapter 4: America Overreacts to England’s
“Nice Little Earner”

241

Chapter 5: The Monster in the Closet—Where Does
the Right to Privacy Fit within Freedom
of Speech?

279

Conclusion: Some Speculation on the Way Forward

297

Appendix

305