Ch 6 LIBEL: DEFENSES AND DAMAGES

Table of Contents

Ch 6 LIBEL: DEFENSES AND DAMAGES

Summary Judgment/Statute of Limitations

Summary Judgment

Summary Judgment

Statute of Limitations

Truth

Privileged Communications

Absolute Privilege

Qualified Privilege

Qualified Privilege

Qualified Privilege

Qualified Privilege

Qualified Privilege

Neutral Reportage

Abuse of Privilege

Protection of Opinion

Rhetorical Hyperbole

The First Amendment

The First Amendment

Fair Comment and Criticism

Fair Comment and Criticism

Fair Comment and Criticism

Fair Comment and Criticism

Defenses and Damages

Defenses and Damages

Consent

Right of Reply

Damages

Actual Damages

Actual Damages

Special Damages

Presumed Damages

Punitive Damages

Retraction Statutes

Criminal Libel

Criminal Libel

Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

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Source:
MASS MEDIA LAW
Don R. Pember
Brown & Benchmark, 1997

Other information:
Paul Younghouse
Instructional Designer
The William Paterson University
  of New Jersey