On Libel and Slander Peter F.Carter- Ruck
- Author: Peter F.Carter- Ruck
- Date: 01 Jan 1992
- Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Original Languages: English
- Format: Hardback::652 pages
- ISBN10: 0406123179
- ISBN13: 9780406123176
- Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
- Filename: on-libel-and-slander.pdf
- Dimension: 156x 248mm
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