The managing editor of the newspaper, the printer of the pamphlet or the publisher of the book is answerable under the civil law for defamation committed by the author of a text printed therein.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1647
Defamation · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.