(Objective historian standard applied to determine libel in Irving v. Penguin Books Ltd). (Case Note)

From: The Yale Law Journal | Date: June 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Irving v. Penguin Books Ltd., No. 1996-I-1113, 2000 WL 362478 (Q.B. Apr. 11), appeal denied (Dec. 18, 2000).

During the course of Holocaust denier David Irving's libel action against American historian Deborah Lipstadt and her publisher, Penguin Books, press coverage frequently referred to the spectacle playing out in England's High Court as "history on trial."(1) It would be closer to the mark, though undeniably less catchy, to call it "historical methodology on trial." The judge hearing the case, Justice Charles Gray of the Queen's Bench, stressed this distinction in his ...

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