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The law of defamation and the Internet/

Main Author: Collins, Matthew
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Libel and slander > Commonwealth countries
Internet > Law and legislation > Commonwealth countries
Libel and slander > United States
Internet > Law and legislation > United States
Table of Contents:
  • General introduction
  • The Internet
  • Iissues for defamation law
  • Llibel and slander
  • Publication
  • Intermediaries and publication
  • Identification
  • Defamatory meaning
  • Justification
  • Fair comment and related defences
  • Absolute privilege
  • Duty and interest form of qualified privilege
  • Modifications of the duty and interest form of qualified privilege
  • Fair reports forms of qualified privilege
  • Qualified privilege and malice
  • Statutory innocent dissemination and related defences
  • Common law defence of innocent dissemination
  • Other defences
  • Injunctions and related remedies
  • Damages
  • Vicarious liability
  • Recognition and enforcement of judgments in foreign countries
  • Alternatives to defamation law
  • Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights
  • Human Rights Act
  • Grounds of jurisdiction
  • Forum non conveniens
  • Choice of law
  • Proof of foreign law
  • Introduction to American defamation law
  • Liability of Internet intermediaries in the United States
  • Jurisdiction and choice of law in the United States.

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