libel tourism
nounEtymology
Coined by Geoffrey Robertson.
Definitions
A form of forum shopping in which plaintiffs choose to file libel suits in jurisdictions…
A form of forum shopping in which plaintiffs choose to file libel suits in jurisdictions thought more likely to give a favourable result.
- Ehrenfeld's case was an example of "libel tourism," where someone brings a libel claim in a country where he is most likely to win. Often, that country is Great Britain.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for libel tourism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA