Abstract
Today, I am going to talk about the law of libel. A major part of my work at U.S. News is prepublication review of U.S. News and World Report and The Atlantic. I make difficult decisions such as assessing the risk that the Ayatollah Khomeini might sue the magazine for libel. I am not sure if you can libel the Ayatollah, but be careful if you do-he has very potent remedies. I will not focus on the law of libel as it is practiced in Michigan or in other states today. Instead, I want to examine proposals for the total restructuring of defamation law. Perhaps in evaluating such proposed changes, we can better appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of existing libel law.
Recommended Citation
C. T. Dienes,
Libel Reform: An Appraisal,
23
U. Mich. J. L. Reform
1
(1989).
Available at:
https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjlr/vol23/iss1/2