This book is about the state's approach to fraud and distortion of the truth in politics, especially during election campaigns, which characterises key distinctions between political viewpoint fraud and electoral participation fraud.

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).

• Introduction


• 1: Political Disinformation: Law, Elections and Partisan Politics


• 2: Online Disinformation: Between Free Speech and the Pursuit of Truth


• 3: Personal Attacks and Political Disinformation in UK Law


• 4: Election Fraud and Adjudication: UK Law and Beyond