Reputation, celebrity and defamation law

• Main Author: Rolph, David.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.
• Subjects: Libel and slander.; Reputation (Law); LAW > Defamation.; Electronic books.; Computer network resources.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

This volume examines how the concept of reputation changes to reflect social, political, economic, cultural and technological developments and is a central concept in defamation law. The author conceptualizes reputation as a media construct and explains how reputation as celebrity is of great contem...

Table of Contents:

• Cover; Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Foreword: The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I; 1 Post on Reputation; 2 The Historical Foundations of the Concept of Reputation; 3 The Basic Principles of Liability for Defamation: Meaning, Publication, Identification and Damages; PART II; 4 Reputation as Property; 5 Reputation as Honour: Part I; 6 Reputation as Honour: Part II; 7 Reputation as Dignity; PART III; 8 Reputation as Celebrity; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W.