Modern Defamation Law
Author | : Clarence Morris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Libel and slander |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Clarence Morris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Libel and slander |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Capper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Conflict of laws |
ISBN | : 9781899177240 |
Author | : Paul Mitchell |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2005-07-31 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 184731192X |
The modern law of defamation is frequently criticised for being outdated,obscure and even incomprehensible. The Making of the Modern Law of Defamation explains how and why the law has come to be as it is by offering an historical analysis of its development from the seventeenth century to the present day. Whilst the primary focus of the book is the law of England, it also makes extensive use of comparative common law materials from jurisdictions such as Australia, South Africa, the United States and Scotland. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the law of defamation, in media law and in the relationship between free speech and the law.
Author | : John Maher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 600 |
Release | : 2018-06-30 |
Genre | : Libel and slander |
ISBN | : 9780414061712 |
Author | : Eric P. Robinson |
Publisher | : LSU Press |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2018-12-12 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0807170186 |
In the years following the landmark United States Supreme Court decision on libel law in New York Times v. Sullivan, the court ruled on a number of additional cases that continued to shape the standards of protected speech. As part of this key series of judgments, the justices explored the contours of the Sullivan ruling and established the definition of “reckless disregard” as it pertains to “actual malice” in the case of St. Amant v. Thompson. While an array of scholarly and legal literature examines Sullivan and some subsequent cases, the St. Amant case—once called “the most important of the recent Supreme Court libel decisions”—has not received the attention it warrants. Eric P. Robinson’s Reckless Disregard corrects this omission with a thorough analysis of the case and its ramifications. The history of St. Amant v. Thompson begins with the contentious 1962 U.S. Senate primary election in Louisiana, between incumbent Russell Long and businessman Philemon “Phil” A. St. Amant. The initial lawsuit stemmed from a televised campaign address in which St. Amant attempted to demonstrate Long’s alleged connections with organized crime and corrupt union officials. Although St. Amant’s claims had no effect on the outcome of the election, a little-noticed statement he made during the address—that money had “passed hands” between Baton Rouge Teamsters leader Ed Partin and East Baton Rouge Parish deputy sheriff Herman A. Thompson—led to a defamation lawsuit that ultimately passed through the legal system to the Supreme Court. A decisive step in the journey toward the robust protections that American courts provide to comments about public officials, public figures, and matters of public interest, St. Amant v. Thompson serves as a significant development in modern American defamation law. Robinson’s study deftly examines the background of the legal proceedings as well as their social and political context. His analysis of how the Supreme Court ruled in this case reveals the justices’ internal deliberations, shedding new light on a judgment that forever changed American libel law.
Author | : J. A. Sharpe |
Publisher | : Borthwick Publications |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Ecclesiastical courts |
ISBN | : 9780900701528 |
Author | : Matthew Collins |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Internet |
ISBN | : 9780199281824 |
Matthew Collins presents a comprehensive study of the application of defamation laws in the United Kingdom and Australia to material published via the Internet.
Author | : United States. Congress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Year 2000 date conversion (Computer systems) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Andrew T. Kenyon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Freedom of expression |
ISBN | : 9781316587447 |
Author | : Lawrence McNamara |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2007-12-13 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0199231451 |
The proposition that the tort of defamation protects reputation has long been axiomatic in the law. The axiom's endurance is surprising: it has long been observed that the law is riddled with inconsistencies and, moreover, the courts and the scholarly literature have rarely discussed exactly what reputation is and how judgments about reputation are made. Reputation and Defamation develops a theory of reputation and uses it to analyze, evaluate and propose a revision of the law. It is the first book to present a comprehensive study of what reputation is, how it functions, and how it is and should be protected under the law. Reputation, it argues, is best understood in terms of the moral judgments a community makes about its members. Viewed in this way it becomes apparent, contrary to the legal orthodoxy, that defamation law did not really aim and function to protect reputation until the early nineteenth century. A revised legal framework is proposed. It re-thinks how and why different criteria for moral judgment should - or should not - be recognized when courts determine whether an attack on reputation will be actionable as defamation. It is argued that 'the right-thinking person' should be associated with an inclusive liberal premise of equal moral worth and a shared commitment to moral diversity. The proposed framework demands that when courts recognize values at odds with that premise then such recognition must be justified on sound and expressly stated ethical grounds. That demand serves to protect reputation appropriately and effectively in an age of moral diversity.