Defamation
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Bloggers and online journalists’ experiences of defamation and privacy law suggest that new approaches to legal policy are needed in a digital media environment.
On among the remarkable changes done by the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania in terms of fighting against defamation is the enactment of Cyber Crime Act, No.14 of 2015. Among other cyber crimes, the Act has tried to... more
Үндсэн хуулийн 16.16-д үзэл бодлоо чөлөөтэй илэрхийлэх болон хэвлэн нийтлэх эрх чөлөөг анх удаа баталгаажуулсан. Эдгээр эрх чөлөө нь туйлын эрх чөлөө биш ч эдгээрийг хязгаарласан аливаа зохицуулалт нь Үндсэн хуулийн гол нөхцөлийг хангах... more
To a lawyer, the meaning of defamation is well known. To an ordinary person or layperson, defamation is something new even though it is something that they face in everyday that there are living as human being; either by knowing that this... more
Доктор Андреас Умланд – персона весьма известная даже в мировом масштабе, а уж тем паче – на постсоветском пространстве, которое стало центральным полем его деятельности. Специалист по экстремистам, правым, ультраправым, фашистам,... more
On May 2nd, 2012, the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament issued its final Report on with recommendations to the Commission on the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual... more
The Media Service Act, No.12 of 2016, is enacted with provisions for promotion of professionalism in the media industry, for establishment of the Journalists Accreditation Board, Independent Media Council and framework for regulation of... more
Allusions and other cultural references are problematic in defamation actions. This paper presents an account of linguistic evidence concerning a contested expression, ‘economical with the truth’, whose origins as a quotation, coupled... more
Resorting to Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) –especially to international arbitration- in order to resolve cases in which personality rights are involved is gaining more and more relevance every day. In this regard several issues... more
Claiming that someone subscribes to a conspiracy theory can be a potent method of denigration. I observed this process up close: the thesis of one of my PhD students was alleged to endorse a conspiracy theory, therefore discrediting it.... more
On May 2nd, 2012, the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament issued its final Report on with recommendations to the Commission on the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual... more
Libelos y pasquines se convirtieron durante la Edad Moderna en una herramienta elemental de sociabilidad comunitaria. En el presente artículo el objetivo es profundizar en su análisis como instrumentos de confrontación social junto a su... more
The Syrian version of the Arab Spring is arguably unique in that it has generated right from the start a concurrent sexual rhetoric not so conspicuously noted in the Tunisian, Egyptian, Libyan, or Yemeni revolutions. This idiosyncrasy has... more
Los Derechos Humanos son los que posee la persona por el solo hecho de serlo, que todas las autoridades, en el ámbito de sus competencias, tienen la obligación de promover, respetar, proteger y garantizar, de conformidad con los... more
Los Derechos Humanos son los que posee la persona por el solo hecho de serlo, que todas las autoridades, en el ámbito de sus competencias, tienen la obligación de promover, respetar, proteger y garantizar, de conformidad con los... more
This Article documents some of the sharp new conflicts over religion that have broken out in various countries of the world. Apostasy, Blasphemy, Conversion, Defamation, and Evangelization-these are the new alphabet of religious rights... more
The final argument in favour of the notion that pornography causes harm to women that I will consider in this thesis is the argument that pornography demeans women's reputations. 1 Proponents of this view argue that pornography defames... more
Opinions and views that are truthful are not easy to prove. Saying “I think” or “In my opinion that …” is not enough to prove your statement is just a view or opinion.
With the growing number of readership as well as newspapers and their district editions coupled with improved transportation facility the newspaper industry has seen a sea change in its circulation, commercial advertisement, and other... more
This thesis involves the secondary data of 1806 innovative manufacturing firms derived from the database of 2nd Taiwanese Innovation Survey. Three topics are researched. The first topic investigates the innovation value chain (IVC) in... more
A perplexing, contemporary issue in libel law is whether online service providers (OSPs) should be held responsible for defamatory content published by Internet users using their services. The English courts have previously wrestled with... more
The justifications for strict products liability and other cases of strict liability in torts are different and distinct. The United States judiciary has limited strict liability in tort law to seven distinct scenarios: (1) animals that... more
The Coalition Government has prioritised 'open data' as a 'powerful tool' to 'empower citizens', with a 'transparency commitment' to publish more crime and anonymised sentencing data and the Ministry of Justice has set out an open data... more
The current UN policy regarding free speech presents a philosophical dilemma between accepting the free speech provisions in the UN Declaration of Human Rights and recent exceptions carved out for hatred, hostility, and religious... more