Hi All:

Seditious libel, you may recall, is criticizing the government.  It was a
crime in the early days of the US and for longer in the states, even--or
especially--if the criticism was true.

In current reading I ran across this statement: "We [the U.S.] are virtually
alone in doing that [overthrowing seditious libel laws].  Every other
society, including the western democracies, still has some for of seditious
libel--sometimes limited, narrowed--but some form of seditious libel on the
books."

Is that correct, do you think?  In the UK; in Australia and New Zealand?
I'd be interested in any responses.

Thanks.

Dan Warner

Daniel M. Warner
Dept. of Acct. (Business Law)
MS 9071
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA 98225
voice: (360) 650-3390
fax: (360) 650-4844
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