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A Crisis of Democratic Accountability: Public Libel Law and the Checking Function of the Press
Contributor(s): Stephenson, Randall (Author)

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ISBN: 1509920811     ISBN-13: 9781509920815
Publisher: Hart Publishing
OUR PRICE: $120.75  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Defamation
- Law | Torts
- Law | Comparative
Dewey: 346.034
LCCN: 2018010810
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" L (1.25 lbs) 272 pages
Features: Dust Cover, Price on Product
 
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This book undertakes a comparative study of the public interest and political speech defences in defamation law, particularly from the perspective of the misuse of democratic free expression justifications. Specifically, it argues that the law and legal approaches taken by leading courts and legislatures in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States - five common law comparators - are undertheorised, lack adequate criteria for determining the correct form of the defence, and would benefit from a more precise understanding of 'democracy', 'accountability', and 'representation'. The book will be of great interest to scholars of free speech, defamation and public law.
 
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