Reputation and defamation / Lawrence McNamara.

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Bibliographic Details
Published:	Oxford [UK] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Main Author:	McNamara, Lawrence
Subjects:	Libel and slander. Reputation (Law)
Format:	Book

Reputation and defamation /

Table of Contents:

I. Theorizing Reputation
1. Reputation and Community: The Centrality of Moral Judgment
2. Moral Judgment and Conceptions of Reputation
II. History, Law, and Reputation
3. Reputation and the History of Defamation
4. The Development of the Common Law Actions
III. Reputation and Actionable Defamation in the Modern Common Law
5. Protecting Reputation: The Principal Test for What is Defamatory
6. The 'Shun and Avoid' Test as the Basis for Actionability
7. The Ridicule Test as the Basis for Actionability
8. Ethical Recognition, Moral Diversity, and 'The Right-thinking Person'
Conclusion: Re-thinking the Tests for What is Defamatory
App. Notes on Historical Sources.