Defamation and Freedom of Speech
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: April 26, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780199204922
Subjects: English law: defamation (slander & libel); Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Civil Rights; Constitutional - First Amendment; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Law / Constitutional; Constitutional; Freedom of speech; Freedom of the press; Libel and slander
Description: This text examines the law of defamation, and argues that it must be reformed in a number of ways in order to balance two important constitutional rights, the right to reputation and the right to freedom of expression.