Reputation and defamation /

McNamara, Lawrence.

Reputation and defamation / Lawrence McNamara. - Oxford [UK] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - xx, 254 p. ; 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 (cloth : alk. paper) 0199231451 (cloth : alk. paper)

2007035283

GBA744983 bnb

013767022 Uk


Libel and slander.
Reputation (Law)

K930 / .M36 2007

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