The casebook for the course will be Franklin, Anderson and Lidsky, Mass
Media Law: Cases and Materials (7th ed. 2005), with the 2009
Supplement. Additional materials will be available online.
1. Defamation (9/13/2010)
Notes on defamation, pp. 252-53, 259-62
New York Times v. Sullivan and Notes, pp. 272-96
Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. and Notes, pp.
296-313
Note on Public and Private Figures, pp. 313-324
Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co. and Notes, pp.
330-337
Notes, 2009 Supplement, pp. 29-34
Note on Neutral Reportage, pp. 345-346
Notes on retraction, overseas liability, and
other issues, pp. 359-364
Note on foreign libel judgments, 2009
Supplement, pp. 36-39