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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Law of defamation"”.
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Risk as injury: an alternative interpretation of the South African law of defamation
… thesis presents an alternative interpretation of the rules constituting the South African law of defamation. Defamation is typically understood to be a wrong in which the defendant has caused the plaintiff reputational harm. It is argued that it is more justifiable to view the wrong as a wrong …
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The law of defamation - a comparison between the South African, the Canadian and the German legal systems
"The law of defamation aims at the protection of a person's reputation." This definition was found in the Canadian, the South African as well as in the German law. However, the question that arises is whether the law of defamation only protects the reputation and the good name of a person. …
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Just joking: jest as a defence to defamation
The South African law of defamation seeks to balance the plaintiff's right to reputation against the defendant's right to freedom of expression. Humour complicates this balance because its appreciation is hyper context-dependent and subjective, rendering the line between serious defamatory …
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Defamation, the right to freedom of expression and libel reform in the UK: A comparative analysis of legal regulation and jurisprudence in the UK, the United States of America, Germany, and the European Court of Human Rights
… advocates had long argued that the UK’s common law on defamation was too claimant friendly and as such either potentially or actually chilled free speech. The phenomenon of libel tourism to the UK, illustrated by several high profile cases and arguably the result of the claimant friendly tilt of …
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Adding Flesh to Sullivan’s Bones: The Legacy of St. Amant v. Thompson
… States Senate seat from Louisiana was not much of a contest, with incumbent Russell B. Long handily defeating his opponent, Phil A. St. Amant. But the defamation case that stemmed from that campaign has had a lasting impact on defamation law in the United States. While the U.S. Supreme Court’s …
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Analysing the legal standard of defamatory conduct during national elections in Zambia
Journalists generally face a number of challenges in their reporting during the period of national elections. This comes as a result of their duty to afford the public the best means of discovering and forming an opinion of the ideas and attitudes of Political Leaders vying for the various …
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Analysing the legal standard of defamatory conduct during national elections in Zambia
Journalists generally face a number of challenges in their reporting during the period of national elections. This comes as a result of their duty to afford the public the best means of discovering and forming an opinion of the ideas and attitudes of Political Leaders vying for the various …