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Libel Per Quod In Florida, Richard C. Ausness Oct 1970

Libel Per Quod In Florida, Richard C. Ausness

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

The purpose of this article is to trace the development of the rules of defamation with particular reference to extrinsic fact. A defamatory communication is one that tends to diminish the esteem, respect, good will, or confidence in which a person is held or to excite adverse, derogatory, or unpleasant feelings or opinions against him. To be actionable under the modem law, however, the defendant's statement must be capable of a defamatory meaning in the sense normally understood.

Defamation consists of the separate torts of libel and slander. Historically, these torts evolved independently of each other, and as a result …


A Return To Jurisdictional Due Process: The Case For The Vanishing Defendant, Aaron Twerski Jul 1970

A Return To Jurisdictional Due Process: The Case For The Vanishing Defendant, Aaron Twerski

Faculty Scholarship

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Enlightened Territorialism And Professor Cavers: The Pennsylvania Method, Aaron Twerski Apr 1970

Enlightened Territorialism And Professor Cavers: The Pennsylvania Method, Aaron Twerski

Faculty Scholarship

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Theory Of Economic Policy And The Law Of Torts, The, Robert Birmingham Jan 1970

Theory Of Economic Policy And The Law Of Torts, The, Robert Birmingham

Faculty Articles and Papers

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The Theory Of Economic Policy And The Law Of Torts, Robert L. Birmingham Jan 1970

The Theory Of Economic Policy And The Law Of Torts, Robert L. Birmingham

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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