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• Title:Defamation law : a primer / by Raymond E. Brown, Professor of Law (Retired).
  
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• Author/Creator:Brown, Raymond E., 1935- author.
  
• Published/Created:Toronto : Carswell, [2013]
  ©2013.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KE1246 .B75 2013
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Libel and slander.
  
• Edition:Second edition.
  
• Description:cxxiii, 512 pages ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:"Raymond E. Brown, the author of Brown on Defamation, Second Edition, articulates both the diversity and similarity of the common law of defamation in Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States. He has included the leading decisions in each of these countries, and quotes extensively from leading jurists. This book also includes a chapter outlining the impact of the United States constitution on the law of defamation, as well as a chapter devoted to recommending a variety of changes in the law." --Publisher's description.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0779851544
  9780779851546
  
• Contents:Introduction
  The distinction between libel and slander
  The action for defamation and its defence
  What is defamatory?
  Defamatory sense and meaning
  Identification
  Publication
  The parties
  Introduction to defences
  Justification
  Consent
  Absolute privilege
  Qualified privilege
  Protected reports
  Fair comment
  Malice
  Damages
  Injunctions
  New York Times and the common law of defamation
  Reflections and proposals.