TY  - BOOK
AU  - McNamara,Lawrence
TI  - Reputation and defamation
SN  - 9780199231454 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - K930  .M36 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Oxford [UK], New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Libel and slander
KW  - Reputation (Law)
N1  - 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."
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0725/2007035283.html
ER  -