Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Part One: Point and Counterpoint -- 1: The Man Who Had to Leave Town -- 2: "Heed Their Rising Voices" -- 3: An Uncommon Common Law -- 4: The First Amendment -- Part Two: Public Officials, Public Figures, and Private Persons -- 5: Anything That Touches on Fitness for Office -- 6: The Tale of the Furtive Night Watchman -- 7: Into the Vortex of Public Controversy -- 8: The Big Football Fix -- 9: The Frame-Up of Officer Nuccio -- 10: The Golden Fleece of the Month Award -- 11: The Reluctant Soviet Agent -- 12: Special Cases: Unlimited, Irrelevant, and Involuntary Public Figures -- 13: Strictly Business -- 14: Purely Private Libels -- Part Three: Other Aspects of Defamation and False Light -- 15: Group Libels -- 16: Looking for Love? Sorry, Wrong Number -- 17: Blackmail, Treason, Hypocrisy, and Lies -- 18: La Cosa Nostra at Your Service -- 19: The Greatest Analyst Who Ever Lived -- 20: Five Scientists Who Were Paid to Lie -- 21: The Airman Who Almost Fell to Earth -- Part Four: Procedural Issues and the Path to Reform -- 22: Actual Malice at Issue -- 23: The Losing Game -- 24: Bring in Da Plea Bring in Da Writ -- 25: Possible Pitfalls -- 26: Paths Not Taken -- Part Five: Privacy and the Press -- 27: The Right to Privacy -- 28: Genius, Hero, Maverick, Threat -- 29: The Man Who Would Be Woman -- 30: Paparazzi -- 31: Intrusions on Private Domains -- 32: Broken Promises -- 33: Deception and Subterfuge -- 34: After the Pentagon Papers -- Part Six: Fact, Fiction, and the Future -- 35: The Adventures of Artemus Jones -- 36: Justice À La Corrigan -- 37: The Impact of the Internet -- 38: Concluding Observations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.