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Reputation and defamation / Lawrence McNamara.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford [UK] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: xx, 254 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780199231454 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0199231451 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • K930  .M36 2007
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Contents:
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."
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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."

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