Law of Defamation, 2d

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Law of Defamation offers a comprehensive analysis of defamation law, useful to legal practitioners and other professionals, including professors, publishers, and media industry experts. Updated every year, this two-volume set provides step-by-step guidance to all the legal and business complexities posed by modern libel law and addresses topics, such as:

Definition of public employee
Corporate speech
Recipient approach to determining defamatory character of words
Criminalization of mere “lies”
Preliminary injunctions
Right of publicity and the First Amendment
Public figure/private figure dichotomy
Fault requirements
Defamatory meaning
Truth as a constitutional defense
Opinion and fair comment
Special harm
Libel and slander rules
Common law privileges
Damages and other remedies
Invasion of privacy
Emotional distress
Injurious falsehood
Negligent publication
Litigation
Counseling and strategy
Defamation in the workplace

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Part I. Defamation
Chapter
1. Overview
2. The Public Figure/Private Figure Dichotomy
3. Fault Requirements for Defamation
4. Defamatory Meaning
5. Truth as a Constitutional Defense
6. Opinion and Fair Comment
7. Special Harm - Libel and Slander Per Se Rules
8. Common Law Privileges
9. Damages and Other Remedies
Part II. Invasion of Privacy and Related Torys
1. Invasion of Privacy
2. Emotional Distress, Injurious Falsehood, and Negligent Publication
Part III. Litigation, Counseling, and Strategy
1. Litigation
2. Counseling and Strategy
3. [Reserved]
4. Defamation in the Workplace
Table of Cases
Index

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