Essays on Defamatory

Introduction

The English legal system is based on elements of the Christian Bible and its tradition. This comes with some moral concepts like lying about other persons and spreading false information. Defamation is made up of libel and slander. Whereas libel is a false and damaging comment written down, slander refers to such a statement spoken orally. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a critical analysis of the concept of defamation and how it relates to media law.

Basically, every human being has a right to a reputation. Reputation is a kind of personal right that embodies a ...

Role of Cyber Speech and First Amendment

The Internet has transformed communication throughout the world, allowing people to share information instantaneously at relatively low cost. The Internet is regarded as the most participatory form of mass speech ever developed in the world and it is the main channel of communication that is behind the development of cyber communication. Students in schools and colleges communicate amongst themselves through social sites such as Facebook and Twitter. They can receive first-hand information that has not even reach their school administration. More often, students use these sites to express their feelings about politics, school administration, and relationships. Most of them ...

MEMORANDUM

Re: Sally Reporteur’s News Story on the Reform the Electoral College Movement FACTS Sally Reporteur recently graduated from a prestigious journalism school. Soon after graduation she found a position as reporter for a local news station. Based on her educational background, and the small staff at the news station, her supervisor gave her a fairly significant amount of discretion to find, investigate and write her own news stories. Like many people of her age group, Sally was quite adept at using information technologies for both her work and in her private life. One day, while she was chatting ...

One of, if not the most, important products of the media industry is the dissemination of content. However, every time a piece of content is disseminated or published, the author of that content is subject to potential liabilities. One of the most common liabilities is defamation. Defamation, is largely defined by state law. However, most definitions of defamation are generally the same. Accordingly, defamation, in essence, refers to the dissemination or publication of false information to another that injures or harms the reputation of a person, groups or organization (Solove, et al., 159). More specifically, defamation requires the occurrence ...

Introduction

Defamation is the publishing of a statement regarding a person’s reputation to the effect that the statement lowers the person in the estimation of right thinking members of the society. The offence is divided in two different torts; slander and Libel. The earlier distinction between the two indicated that libel involves publications made in printed form while slander is basically oral defamation. However, with recent technological advancement, the approach is that libel occurs when the defamatory statement is in permanent form while slander has to make statements which are not recorded or not in permanent form. In order ...

Summary of the Employment-at-Will Doctrine

The employment-at-will doctrine is the basis for employer/employee relationships in most states in the United States. In essence, employment at will gives business and companies in America the ability to fire an employee whenever they want for any reason. The only exceptions to the employment at will doctrine is when it occurs illegally, in violation of public policy for the state or municipality under which the company or branch is run. Other exceptions include implied contracts, in which oral assurances are made between employee and employer to build certain expectations of employment, illegal discrimination against race, color, age or ...

Question One: Can Steele show publication, identification, defamation and falsity?

It is trite law that for one to successfully sue another in tort for defamation, he or she is required to prove that the statement or statements alleged to be defamatory made by that person or entity was; published; false and that person or entity making it knew it to be false; refers to him or her or it; and has the effect of lowering him, her or it in the estimation of the right thinking members of the society. Before instituting a defamation law suit therefore, one has to ensure all the four prerequisites are established on the balance ...

Re: Termination of Fred’s Employment Matter

Dear Mr. King, Thank you for trusting us with this matter. This letter will provide you with a concise and precise legal opinion, issues and analysis that will assist you in making the requisite decision concerning Fred’s termination of employment status. I will provide a brief explanation of the facts, an explanation of the law and provide my informed legal opinion on the matter on issues surrounding Fred’s “protected activity”. It is my understanding that your company terminated Fred’s employment because of posting defamatory pictures and remarks about you and your company. We have been informed ...

Application of Defamation Laws in New Media

The defamation laws in Australia used to vary from one state to another until even 2006 but this lack of uniformity has been worked upon with the introduction of UDA which has brought together the state and territory governments on defamation laws into an agreement. But in Australia, there is still no particular legislation in place to deal with defamation issues of the new internet media. In general, the defamations laws are applied to publications including print and electronic media. The defamation laws aim to serve two purposes; 1) to protect the reputation of organizations and individuals subjected to ...

Freedom of speech is an important right enshrined in the constitution. However, the freedom should be exercised with caution. For instance, it is wrong to spread false claims about an individual, a state officer or an organization without enough facts. Such an offence may attract defamation charges. Defamation is the communication of false information that gives an individual, a business, a group, or a nation bad image. In most cases, individuals and organizations that feel defamed may press for a tort of defamation. A tort of defamation refers to a legal action brought against an individual or an organization accused of making false claims which ...

Executive Summary

It is good to observe business etiquette in the workplace due to several reasons. First of all observing email etiquette minimises the organisation’s liability. Refraining from the use of rude messages or replying messages in anger assists the individual not to use defamatory messages. Replying the message when calm prevents one from misrepresenting the company and the services it offers to the public and other companies. It also helps the company comply with the privacy laws. An organization should not expose confidential information or one’s email and contact addresses to strangers. It prevents unauthorized access to emails. ...