2013Alberta Law ReviewOpen access

Jurisdiction and Choice of Law Issues in Multistate Defamation on the Internet

Matthew E. Castel

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The author maintains that the connecting factors for jurisdiction and choice of law in Internet defamation actions brought in Canada should be separately defined to address the problems of libel tourism and predictability of legal consequences.

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The author maintains that the connecting factors for jurisdiction and choice of law in Internet defamation actions brought in Canada should be separately defined to address the problems of libel tourism and predictability of legal consequences.

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The author maintains that the connecting factors for jurisdiction and choice of law in Internet defamation actions brought in Canada should be separately defined to address the problems of libel tourism and predictability of legal consequences.

Key concepts: Choice of law, Jurisdiction, Predictability, Law, The Internet, Tourism, Business, Political science

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