Under Virginia law, the necessary elements of the tort ofdefamation(which includes both libel and slander) areusually expressedas (1) a publication about the plaintiff, (2) of an actionable statement, (3) with the requisite intent. This sounds simple enough, but proper application of these pri...
South African lawactio iniuriarumThis paper examines, from a historical and comparative perspective, the role of truth in the South African law of defamation. In order to understand to what extent the law of South Africa might represent a mixture of civilian and common-law thinking, it first ...
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The truth of the defamatory matter is a complete defence in a civil defamation suit. "A man cannot obtain damages for a harm to a character that he either does not or ought not to possess," says the law. Even if the publication was made deliberately, the defence is viable. ...
Suppose you’ve spoken your mind about someone you don’t like and have been accused ofdefamation. Should you apologize? If you intentionally defamed the character of another person out of ill will or spite, you’re probably not going to want to apologize. But if you’ve either had a cha...
, McNamara does not refer to the early Scots law of verbal injury, which penalised not only contumelious words but also “reproachful words, though they should have no tendency to blacken [the pursuer's] moral character, sarcastical names and epithets, and other such strikes of satire”...
As the conversation progressed it started to become clear, that the harassment and bullying of which she claimed she was the target of, was being carried out against her IN HER SECOND LIFE CHARACTER… Read more on my new blogSocial Media and Our Imagination ...
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doi:10.2139/SSRN.1963171Eric DescheemaekerJuta Law Publishing (Historical content up to Sept 2015)