Reputation and defamation
McNamara, Lawrence
Reputation and defamation - New York Oxford University Press 2007 - xx,254p. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-248) and index.
Reputation and community : the centrality of moral judgment -- Moral judgment and conceptions of reputation -- History, law, and reputation -- Reputation and the history of defamation -- The development of the common law actions -- Protecting reputation : the principal test for what is defamatory -- The "shun and avoid" test as the basis for actionability -- The ridicule test as the basis for actionability -- Ethical recognition, moral diversity, and "the right-thinking person".
9780199231454
2007035283
Libel and slander.
Reputation (Law)
345.256 / MC-R
Reputation and defamation - New York Oxford University Press 2007 - xx,254p. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-248) and index.
Reputation and community : the centrality of moral judgment -- Moral judgment and conceptions of reputation -- History, law, and reputation -- Reputation and the history of defamation -- The development of the common law actions -- Protecting reputation : the principal test for what is defamatory -- The "shun and avoid" test as the basis for actionability -- The ridicule test as the basis for actionability -- Ethical recognition, moral diversity, and "the right-thinking person".
9780199231454
2007035283
Libel and slander.
Reputation (Law)
345.256 / MC-R