Reputation and defamation / Lawrence McNamara.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

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Libel and slander.

Reputation (Law)

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8. Reputation and community: the centrality of moral judgement Moral judgment and conceptions of 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.

This book presents a comprehensive study of what reputation is, how it functions, and how it is and should be protected under the law, and suggests new criteria to help courts determine if an attack on reputation is actionable as defamation.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Oxford scholarship online. Law collection.

9780199231454

xx, 254 p. ; 24 cm