Forer, Lois G

A chilling effect : The mounting threat of libel and invasion of privacy actions to the first amendment / Lois G. Forer - New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 1987 - ii, 407 p.

A reasonable approach to the problems of libel law, 28. -- A backward glance, 48. -- Against the grain, 71. -- A view from the beach, 89. -- The rights of subjects, 112. -- Authors under fire, 140. -- Criminals, victims, and authors, 188. -- To whom does, a life belong?, 208. -- Fiction, fantasy, and fun, 235. -- Economic interests and the first amendment, 264. -- Preventive law, 289. -- One nation : Fifty laws of libel, 308. -- Other options, 322. -- A proposed libel statute, 336

KF 1266 F715c 1987