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Law And The Climate Of Consent, A. B. Bonds Jr.
Law And The Climate Of Consent, A. B. Bonds Jr.
Cleveland State Law Review
In your magistral relationship with the law, I urge you to broaden among all our people the climate of understanding which will strengthen the concept of dynamic consent. I urge you to speak out to your fellow citizens and challenge them to learn better to distinguish between what is wise and unwise, and to give their proper supportive consent to that which is creative and just.
Defenses To Group Defamation Actions, Richard J. Quigg
Defenses To Group Defamation Actions, Richard J. Quigg
Cleveland State Law Review
The basic defenses applicable to ordinary individual defamation, of truth, privilege (including fair comment), and consent, also apply to group defamation. Most past group defamation cases have held that language including all members of a given group,or positively identifying the plaintiff, must be used. Tort actions have been upheld when small groups are defamed; tort claims are generally disallowed in the defamation of large groups unless the public readily recognizes the defamation as being directed at one individual. A number of "group-hate" statutes have been enacted by various states, making it a criminal offense to defame a class of citizens. …