Collins on Defamation

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-19-967352-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 880 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 1610 g

Written by the widely respected author of The Law of Defamation and the Internet, this book analyses the modern law of defamation in a way that consolidates into a coherent structure its various sources - the common law, earlier statutory reforms, European and other foreign influences, and the changes effected by the Defamation Act 2013.

As well as examining the implications of the 2013 reforms, Collins on Defamation dissects, in context, the very large number of ambiguous and contestable questions of construction in, and possibly unintended consequences of, the new law.

The book draws on authorities from a wide international research base to explain the application of relevant principles, including the principles applicable to multi-jurisdictional publications and actions involving one or more foreign litigants.

As well as providing encyclopaedic analysis of the law of defamation, the work contains detailed coverage of relevant conflict of law principles, and important and emerging related causes of action, including misuse of private information, malicious falsehood, data protection rights, and protection from harassment. Comprehensive tables of recent damages awards, and an extensive set of precedents for common notices and pleadings, are also included.

This book is an essential text for any practitioner in the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collins, Matthew

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Medienrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht Handelsrecht, HGB, Handelsvertreter- und -maklerrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part I: Introduction

-.1.: General Introduction

- 2.: Preliminary Considerations

- Part II: The Cause of Action for Defamation

- 3.: Libel and Slander

- 4.: Publication

- 5.: Identification

- 6.: Defamatory Meaning

- 7.: Serious Harm Threshold

- Part III: Defences

- 8.: Truth

- 9.: Honest Opinion

- 10.: Absolute Privilege

- 11.: Duty and Interest Form of Qualified Privilege

- 12.: Publication on Matter of Public Interest

- 13.: Fair Report Defences

- 14.: Peer-Reviewed Statements

- 15.: Operators of Websites

- 16.: Innocent Dissemination

- 17.18.: Electronic Commerce RegulationsOther Defences

- 18.: Other Defences

- 19.: Limitation Period

- Part IV: Remedies and Related Matters

- 20.: Non-Pecuniary Remedies

- 21.: Damages

- 22.: Vicarious Liability

- 23.: Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments Abroad

- Part V: European Influences

- 24.: Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights

- Part VI: Conflict of Laws

- 25.: Jurisdiction

- 26.: Choice of Law

- 27.: Proof of Foreign Law

- Part VII: Related Causes of Action

- 28.: Criminal Libel

- 29.: Malicious Falsehood

- 30.: Misuse of Private Information

- 31.: Data Protection Act 1998

- 32.: Negligence

- 33.: Protection from Harassment

- 34.: Other Complaints Mechanisms

- Appendices

- a: Legislation

- b: Civil Procedure Rules, Protocols, and Practice Directions

- c: Introduction to American Defamation Law

- d: Other Liberalized Defences of Qualified Privilege

- e: Damages Awards in Defamation Actions

- f: Damages Awards in Misuse of Private Information Actions

- g: Precedents

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Matthew Collins QC is a barrister based in Melbourne, Australia, who practises in the fields of media, information technology, and commercial law. He is a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, a door tenant at One Brick Court chambers in London, and the author of all three editions of The Law of Defamation and the Internet (OUP, 2001, 2005, 2010).