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Case study 3.7: The Gunns 20 litigation (p. 119)

For detailed information on the legal proceedings, see the website organised in support of the defendants in the matter (www.gunns20.org), including links to key court documents. 

For further reading on SLAPP suits in Australia, see Greg Ogle, ‘Beating a SLAPP Suit’ (2007) 32(2) Alternative Law Journal 71; Thalia Anthony, ‘Quantum of Strategic Litigation: Quashing Public Participation’ (2009) 14(2) Australian Journal of Human Rights 1; Brian Walters, ‘Let the People Speak’ (2005) 16(3) Current Issues in Criminal Justice 340. 

For an introduction to the United States SLAPP literature, see George Pring, ‘SLAPPs: Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation’ (1989) 7 Pace Environmental Law Review 3; James Wells, ‘Exporting SLAPPs: International Use of the U.S. ‘SLAPP’ to Suppress Dissent and Critical Speech’ (1998) 12 Temporary International and Comparative Law Journal 457.


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