Sack on Defamation: Libel, Slander and Related Problems (2-Volume Set)

Professor Arthur R. Miller, Harvard Law School.
"An essential resource on defamation law...absolutely indispensable for the specialist and general practitioner alike."...

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This new third edition of a classic is today's authoritative, up-to-date guide through the labyrinth of defamation law. Now expanded to include more than 1,400 pages of definitive legal, tactical, and strategic insight into libel, slander, and related causes of action, the third edition of Sack on Defamation reaffirms this work's position as "the standard text in the field against which all others must be judged" (Floyd Abrams, Cahill, Gordon, and Reindel, New York City).Citing thousands of cases, Sack on Defamation takes you securely through this complex field-from its common law and constitutional foundations . . . to the more recent influential case law . . . to the crucial and often confusing splits of judicial authority. It reflects recent developments in such areas as nonactionable opinion, application of the fair report privilege to foreign government statements, liability for statements on the Internet, punitive damage awards and due process, protection for employers making job evaluations and references, protection of reporters' confidential sources, compliance with retraction statutes, compelled self-publication, intracorporate publication, and more.


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Featuring all-new coverage and a convenient new two-volume looseleaf format, here's today's authoritative, up-to-date guide through the labyrinth of defamation law. Now expanded to more than 1,400 pages of definitive legal, tactical, and strategic insight into libel, slander, and related causes of action, the new Third Edition of Sack on Defamation reaffirms this treatise's position as the standard text in the field against which all others must be judged (Floyd Abrams, Cahill, Gordon, and Reindel, New York City). Citing thousands of cases, the work takes you securely through this complex field, from its common law and constitutional foundations ... to the more recent influential case law ... to the crucial and often confusing splits of judicial authority. Designed for judges, teachers, journalists, and lawyers on both sides of the table, Sack on Defamation helps practitioners and their clients: * Ensure written and oral communications are less likely to result in suit. * Avoid or limit lawsuits by issuing retractions and taking other mitigating steps. * Persuade judges to dismiss complaints or grant summary judgments.


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