Fulbright Year Italy

Research, travel, and legal dispatches from my Fulbright year in Bologna, Italy.

Category Archives: Research

The Role of Truth in Italian versus American Defamation Law

Italian law, unlike American law, does not require defamatory speech to be false. Above: Truth and Mercy by Pompeo Batoni, circa 1745. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. In American defamation … Continue reading

March 11, 2015 · Leave a comment

Defamation Lawsuits, Attacks on Journalists Bring Down Italy’s 2015 Press Freedom Ranking

Above: Italy ranks worse than most of its neighbors, including several EU-hopeful Balkan states, in Reporters Without Borders’ latest global press freedom survey. White states are ranked the highest, followed … Continue reading

March 4, 2015 · 2 Comments