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Elements Of Defamation

Elements of Defamation is the doctrinal set of legally required constituent conditions that a claimant must establish—typically including a defamatory statement of fact, identification of the plaintiff, publication to a third party, fault, and resulting harm to reputation—for liability in defamation to arise.

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The Development of the Law of Seditious Libel and the Control of the Press

Philip Hamburger · Stanford Law Review · 1985 · 140 citations · Full text

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The Social Foundations of Defamation Law: Reputation and the Constitution

Robert C. Post · California Law Review · 1986 · 113 citations

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Select Cases on Defamation to 1600

Robert E. Rodes, Richard H. Helmholz · American Journal of Legal History · 1989 · 112 citations

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Dignity and Defamation: The Visibility of Hate

Jeremy Waldron · eYLS (Yale Law School) · 2010 · 106 citations

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THE LAW OF LIBEL AND THE LIMITS OF REPRESSION, 1790–1832

Philip Harling · The Historical Journal · 2001 · 92 citations

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Authors

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  1. JG
    John Gruhl

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    2 publications · 128 citations

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  2. NL
    Norman L. Rosenberg

    Macalester College, United States

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  3. VV
    V. V. Veeder

    2 publications · 84 citations

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  4. CR
    Chris Russell

    University of Surrey, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  5. RC
    Robert C. Post

    Yale University, United States

    2 publications · 183 citations

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Institutions

91

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    188 citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    108 citations

  3. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    91 citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    183 citations

  5. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    91 citations

  6. Santa Clara University

    Santa Clara, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    66 citations

  7. University of Portsmouth

    Portsmouth, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  8. University of Kentucky

    Lexington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    92 citations

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  1. Columbia Law Review

    7 publications · 157 citations

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  2. eYLS (Yale Law School)

    Repository · 6 publications · 216 citations

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  3. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 6 publications · 106 citations

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  4. American Journal of Legal History

    AJLH · 3 publications · 174 citations

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  5. California Law Review

    3 publications · 150 citations

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