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Crisis of Democratic Accountability: Public Libel Law and the Checking Function of the Press
by Stephenson, Randall
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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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- Bloomsbury Academic Brand
- Nov 5, 2020 Pub Date:
- 9781509943708 ISBN-13:
- 1509943706 ISBN-10:
- 272 Pages
- English Language
- 9.21 in * 6.14 in * 0.57 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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