Reference No:

U DCL/19/1

Dates:

1935-1951

Description:

Includes documents detailing the legal precedents for the Law of Libel and Slander of the Title in a memorandum prepared by Neil Lawson; memorandum for the consideration of the committee on the law of defamation by the NCCL with suggested reforms to the Law of Defamation, including suggestions to include racial injustices; correspondence between the NCCL and various companies looking into past cases of libel; correspondence between an author and a publishing company, where the company rejects a novel due to the 'libellous nature' of the work; leaflet from ‘Civil Liberty’ about Palestine; further correspondence on the case of Douglas Goldring, the author whose work was rejected; pamphlet from the World Jewish Congress titled 'Protection Against Group Defamation: Present Law and its Extension'; correspondence further discussing the legal parameters of libel and defamation suits based off previously established precedents; insurance policy taken proposed by Elizabeth Allen against libel; correspondence discussing the rejection of the law amendment proposing to include racial and group defamation; memorandum from the NCCL calling for an amendment to defamation laws to include racism; correspondence and press cuttings describing racial libel cases from Sweden, Czechoslovakia and their laws on the matter; documents discussing smear campaigns against immigrants; memorandum from the NCCL calling for damages to be paid in personal libel cases; documents discussing the guilt or innocence of German people in the wake of Nazism, and discussions on libel against Jewish people; letters from E. M Forster (16 Mar, 13 May 1937; 15 Aug 1945); letter from D. N. Pritt (19 Aug 1945).

Format:

Archive Item

Extent:

1 file

Language:

Access Conditions:

Access will be granted to any accredited reader

Repository:

Hull University Archives

Collection:

Records of Liberty (formerly The National Council for Civil Liberties)