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Norman Markel, "A Semiotic Contribution to Libel Action Law", International Journal for the Semiotics of Law / Revue Internationale de Sémiotique Juridique Vol. XI no.31 (1998), 49-56: Four words in a newspaper article gave rise to a libel action against the newspaper that published the article and the reporter who wrote it. In preparing their case, attorneys for the newspaper requested the opinion of the author, who applied semiotic concepts to operationally define the legal terms defamatory and false. By applying semantic and pragmatic principles the author developed a Fairness-Test and an Accuracy-Test that provide objective methods for determining whether or not a report of a written document is fair and accurate. Addresss: Department of Communication Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA, markel@csd.ufl.edu

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