Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 The Biter Bit : Literary Criticism and the Law of Defamation
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Peter Heerey considers the potential restrictions upon literary and artistic criticism posed by the law of defamation. Among his examples are Porter v Mercury Newspapers [1964] Tas SR 279 and O'Shaughnessy v Mirror Newspapers (1970) 125 CLR 166.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Happy Couple : Law and Literature J. Neville Turner (editor), Pamela Williams (editor), Sydney : Federation Press , 1994 Z1436383 1994 anthology criticism 'This volume is the first Australian book devoted to Law and Literature. It emanates from a conference at Monash University held in 1991' (xv). The conference was the second annual conference of the Law and Literature Association of Australia. Sydney : Federation Press , 1994 pg. 211-219
Last amended 17 Oct 2007 13:43:48
211-219 The Biter Bit : Literary Criticism and the Law of Defamationsmall AustLit logo
X