Reputation and defamation
By: Lawrence McNamara.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford [UK]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780199231454
Subjects: Libel and slander; Reputation (Law)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-248) and index.
Table of contents: title: Reputation and community : the centrality of moral judgment; title: Moral judgment and conceptions of reputation; title: History, law, and reputation; title: Reputation and the history of defamation; title: The development of the common law actions; title: Protecting reputation : the principal test for what is defamatory; title: The "shun and avoid" test as the basis for actionability; title: The ridicule test as the basis for actionability; title: Ethical recognition, moral diversity, and "the right-thinking person".