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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"defamation"”.
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Does Cyberspace outdate Jurisdictional Defamation Laws?
… keeping in mind the changes constituted by the Defamation Act 2013. It pinpoints that the instantaneous nature of social media communication demands an unambiguous exercise of 'personal-jurisdiction', beyond the doctrine of territoriality. An innovation to the code of Civil Procedure is …
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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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Comparative private law: online defamation and service provider liability- a comparative study
"The Internet is a unique and wholly new medium of world-wide human communication." 1 It enables people to communicate with one another with unprecedented speed and efficiency and is rapidly revolutionising how people share and receive information. From the time when the first vacuum tube computers …
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Risk as injury: an alternative interpretation of the South African law of defamation
… 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 of having increased the risk of reputational harm. …
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'The Protected Disclosures Act 2000: limitation on the defamation law in South Africa'
… with the possibility of one being charged with defamation. Defamation is a public communication that tends to injure the reputation of another. [FN31 It includes both libel (written defamatory statement) and slander (oral ones). [FN41 Most jurisdictions, including South African, allow legal …
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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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Circulating the Female Figure In the Marketplaces of Print and Reputation: Women and Defamation In Early Modern England
<p>This study explores the relationship between defamation of women and the marketplaces of print and reputation in the early modern period. The prevalence of defamation cases indicates the extent to which sexual reputation impacted social position for women, particularly in the marriage market. …
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Explaining the Conceptualisation of Reputation in the Trinity of Torts: Defamation, Misuse of Private Information and Data Protection
… these claims would usually sound only in defamation. The assumption is that this cause-of-action-shopping is illegitimate, as misuse of private information and data protection are being used to protect ‘reputation’ in a manner which evades defamation’s procedural and substantive …
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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
… 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 the …
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Defamation, privacy & the ‘chill:’ A socio-‐legal study of the relationship between media law and journalistic practice in England and Wales, 2008-‐13
… effect on freedom of expression in relation to defamation and privacy law and digital journalistic practice in England and Wales, over a five year period (2008--‐13). It examines media law in practice through interviews with legal specialists in defamation and privacy, close monitoring of online …
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Analysing the legal standard of defamatory conduct during national elections in Zambia
… looking at how the courts have dealt with defamation cases during elections in all three republics and their consideration of press freedom. Looking at this will as well necessitate a critical analysis of our current defamation laws and whether they are in touch with the reality on the …
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Analysing the legal standard of defamatory conduct during national elections in Zambia
… looking at how the courts have dealt with defamation cases during elections in all three republics and their consideration of press freedom. Looking at this will as well necessitate a critical analysis of our current defamation laws and whether they are in touch with the reality on the …
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The Integral Role of Training in the Implementation of Hate Crime Legislation
… of hate crime legislation. The Anti-Defamation League's state hate crime statutory provisions and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Hate Crime Reporting by States data are examined. Section one includes the following: What Constitutes Hate?, The History of Hate Crime Legislation, …
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Adding Flesh to Sullivan’s Bones: The Legacy of St. Amant v. Thompson
… 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 decision in St. Amant v. Thompson often now gets lost in the myriad decisions labelled as “Sullivan’s …
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Thomas Carlyle, Fascism, and Frederick: From Victorian Prophet to Fascist Ideologue
… dubbed him a fascist or Nazi in both defamation and approval. Fascist scholars pressed Carlyle into service as a progenitor and prophet of their respective totalitarian regimes. Adolf Hitler, in his final days, assuaged his fears of his imminent fall with readings from Carlyle's …
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Lèse-majesté: the implications of the example of Turkey in a European context
This thesis deals with criminal defamation of the Turkish head of state and its implications in a wider, European context. It approaches the subject with a comparative method, underlining the historical roots of the offence in Europe (lèse-majesté) and the theory and practice of similar offences …
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An analysis of the laws affecting North Carolina public school teachers
… the intentional torts of assault and battery, defamation, and false imprisonment; the unintentional tort of negligence and its elements and defenses; educational malpractice; governmental immunity; and students' records. Of particular concern were assault and battery and child abuse cases as …
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The taxation of electronic commerce in South Africa
… how the Internet affects legal issues, such as defamation and patent infringement, but substantial questions have yet to be answered in regard to how this new trade route will be treated by the various laws of taxation. Taxpayers conducting business electronically realise that they face not only …
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An analysis of the laws affecting public school administrators, teachers, service and auxiliary personnel in West Virginia
… strict liability, assault and/or battery, defamation, and negligence. Of particular concern were assault and battery cases related to corporal punishment, the use of qualified privilege as a defense in defamation cases, and negligence cases alleging abridgement of the duty of school …
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