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The legal protection of reputation and the tests for what is defamatory
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The legal protection of reputation and the tests for what is defamatory

Author: Lawrence McNamara
Publisher: 2005.
Dissertation: Thesis (Ph. D.)--Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 2006.
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McNamara, Lawrence.
Legal protection of reputation and the tests for what is defamatory.
2005
(OCoLC)705789632
Material Type: Thesis/dissertation
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Lawrence McNamara
OCLC Number: 224850223
Description: xiii, 471 leaves.
Contents: Reputation and community : the centrality of moral judgment --
Moral judgment and conceptions of reputation --
Reputation and the history of defamation --
The development of common law actions --
Protecting reputation : the principal test for what is defamatory --
The "shun and avoid" test as a basis for actionability --
The ridicule test as the basis for actionability --
Ethical recognition, moral diversity and "the right-thinking" person --
Conclusion: Re-thinking the tests for what is defamatory.
Responsibility: Lawrence McNamara.

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