Horder's book is a deft cross-jurisdictional examination of how actors—particularly states, but also increasingly influential entities such as social media platforms—should address false claims in political discourse...Horder's insightful treatment of doctrine and policy serves as a further reminder that such foundational work is urgent.
Jeremy Horder is Professor of Criminal Law at the London School of Economics and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of numerous works of criminal law scholarship, including Criminal Misconduct in Office (OUP, 2018), Homicide and the Politics of Law Reform (OUP, 2012), and Ashworth's Principles of Criminal Law, 9th edition (OUP, 2019).