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Author:
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McNamara, Lawrence.
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The legal protection of reputation and the tests for what is defamatory / Lawrence McNamara.
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2005.
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Physical Description:
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xiii, 471 leaves ; 30 cm.
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"December 2005."
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 2006.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves [420]-459).
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Contents:
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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.
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Subject (LC):
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Reputation (Law)--Australia.
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Subject (LC):
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Libel and slander--Australia.
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KU943 .M36 2005
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LAW BASEMENT
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