Libel Act 1792

Libel Act 1792

The Libel Act 1792 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (32 Geo. III c. 60) passed in 1792. At the urging of the Whig politician Charles James Fox, the Act restored to juries the right to decide what was libel and whether a defendant was guilty, rather than leaving it solely to the judge. The Act is still in force.

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