David Hooper

Buying Silence

How oligarchs, corporations and plutocrats use the law to gag their critics

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Produktbeschreibung

Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, or SLAPPs, are designed to censor, intimidate and silence critics of the powerful and wealthy by burdening them with aggressive opposing lawyers, heavy legal costs and deeply intrusive - and sometimes illegal - private investigations until they abandon the case.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785909566
• ISBN-10: 1785909568
• Artikelnr.: 71745980

Autorenporträt

David Hooper is a leading media lawyer, having worked with publishers and newspapers in the UK and the US. He has represented a President, a Prime Minister, MPs, authors, journalists, academics, sportsmen, actors, film directors, doctors and industrialists but always acts against rather than for oligarchs. His previous works include Public Scandal, Odium and Contempt, Official Secrets: The Use and Abuse of the Act and Reputations Under Fire: Winners and Losers in the Libel Business. He lives in Monmouthshire, Wales.