Defamation law

Communication Law and Ethics Essay Law Question: Week 4: Who can be sued in a defamation case? Outline possible defences, citing case studies. The penguin Modern English dictionary defines defamation as a false report made maliciously to injure. Other definitions of defamation include slander and calumny. The basic idea of defamation is simple. It is an attempt to balance the private right to protect one's reputation with the public right to freedom of speech. Defamation allows …

…defamation however only a few can really be proven and even then they have many requirements that must be met. BIBLIOGRAPHY: „h Armstrong, Lindsay and Watterson (1995) Media Law in Australia. 3RD Edition, Melbourne: Oxford University Press. „h Pearson, M (1996) The Journalist's guide to Media Law. Sydney: Allen & Unwin „h http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/dissent/document/Martin/det.html. „h http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/dissent/documents/defamation.html