When Global Highways Intersect Local Laws: Defamation via the Internet - 'Dow Jones and Company Inc v Gutnick' [2002] HCA 56

The key aspects and features of the case of Dow Jones and Company Inc v Gutnick [2002] HCA 56 are discussed. The Gutnick decision represents one attempt by one part of the legal system to deal with the challenges that the Internet poses for the legal system as a whole.