BENJAMIN C. ZIPURSKY
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
"THEY DO PUT YOU IN THE DOCK FOR LIBEL, DON'T THEY?"
Benjamin C. Zipursky is Professor of Law and James H. Quinn ’49 Chair at Fordham Law School. In The New Morality, Betty Jones insults her neighbor and refuses to apologize, resulting in the threat of a “criminal libel” lawsuit. Ben’s post-show discussion will focus on the play’s interweaving of feminist themes and defamation law.
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