Smolla, Rodney A.

Suing the press / Rodney A. Smolla. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1986. - viii, 277 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-267) and Index.

The thinning American skin -- The trials of Martin Luther King : the New York times case -- From chasing Communists to fighting Lillian Hellman : the libel suit as guerilla warfare -- Ariel Sharon v. Time magazine : the libel suit as political forum, international style -- "I read it in the Enquirer--Carol Burnett and Henry Kissinger!" : the Carol Burnett case -- Jackie Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Clint Eastwood, and Mohammed Ali--of public personality and private property -- From "touching" to "missing" : libel arising from fiction and docudrama -- Of Vanessa Williams and Jerry Falwell : the contributions of Penthouse to the First Amendment -- Mobil Oil meets the Washington Post : can investigative journalism ever be objective? -- Westmoreland v. CBS : litigating the symbols and lessons of Vietnam -- "I’m okay but you’re sued."

0195051920 (pbk.) 9780195051926 (pbk.)

86000812


CJC.
Colección John Collins.
Libel and slander--United States--Cases.
Press law--United States--Cases.

KF 1266 / S666s 1986

346.73