The language of defamation cases

The language of defamation cases / Roger W. Shuy.

Slander and libel cases are largely about how one party uses language in ways that are claimed to defame one another. Linguistic expertise can be central to the case. In The Language of Defamation Cases, Roger W. Shuy describes eleven representative lawsuits--involving newspapers, television station...

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Main Author: Shuy, Roger W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Libel and slander > United States.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Libel and slander
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; PART I: DEFAMATION LAW: WHERE LINGUISTICS CAN HELP; 1 FIGHTING OVER DEFAMATORY LANGUAGE; 2 HOW LINGUISTICS FITS INTO THE PICTURE; PART II: DEFAMATION BATTLES IN THE MEDIA; 3 A SIXTH-GRADE TEACHER GOES AFTER THE LOCAL PRESS; 4 WIDOW OF A MURDERED MAN SUES A LOCAL TV STATION; 5 A RELIGIOUS LEADER, THE TV MEDIA, AND THE FCC; 6 LAS VEGAS HEADLINER WAYNE NEWTON SUES NBC; 7 VERBAL DUELS BETWEEN LINGUISTICS EXPERTS IN A CASE BROUGHT BY AN OHIO SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AGAINST A NEWSPAPER; PART III: DEFAMATION DISPUTES IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE; 8 OPTOMETRISTS VS. OPHTHALMOLOGISTS.

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