Judicialising history or historicising law : reflections on Irving v Penguin Books and Lipstadt

O'Donnell, Therese (2011) Judicialising history or historicising law : reflections on Irving v Penguin Books and Lipstadt. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 62 (3). pp. 291-320. ISSN 0029-3105

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Abstract

Examines the questions about the relationship between law and history, and the role of expert historian witnesses, raised by the Queen's Bench Division judgment in Irving v Penguin Books Ltd on whether the book "Denying the Holocaust" by Deborah Lipstadt defamed the historian David Irving by associating him with the Holocaust revisionist movement. Discusses how the court approached the assessment of Irving's historical methods and conclusions. Considers the significance of the case.

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  • Item type:Article
    ID code:35357
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    2011
    Published
    Keywords:witnesses, legal history, evidence, genocide, racism, Law (General), SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    Subjects:Law > Law (General)
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Law > Law
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:28 Oct 2011 08:46
    Last modified:18 Jan 2023 09:17
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/35357
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