About the making of the modern law of defamation the modern law of defamation is frequently criticised for being outdatedobscure and even incomprehensible the making of the modern law of defamation explains how and why the law has come to be as it is by offering an historical analysis of its development from the seventeenth century to the present day whilst the primary focus of the book is the law of england it also makes extensive use of comparative common law materials from . The modern law of defamation is frequently criticised for being outdatedobscure and even incomprehensible the making of the modern law of defamation explains how and why the law has come to be as it is by offering an historical analysis of its development from the seventeenth century to the present day whilst the primary focus of the book is the law of england it also makes extensive use of comparative common law materials from jurisdictions such as australia south africa . The making of the modern law of defamation explains how and why the law has come to be as it is by offering an historical analysis of its development from the seventeenth century to the present day whilst the primary focus of the book is the law of england it also makes extensive use of comparative common law materials from jurisdictions such as australia south africa the united states and . The making of the modern law of defamation hardcover 31 july 2005 by paul mitchell author visit amazons paul mitchell page search results for this author paul mitchell author 30 out of 5 stars 1 rating see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions amazon price new from used from hardcover please retry gbp7000 gbp6333 gbp4265 hardcover gbp7000 3 used from