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1 online resource (xiv, 273 pages) |
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HeinOnline Australian Law Reform Commission library |
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Report / Law Reform Commission ; no. 11 |
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Report (Australia. Law Reform Commission) ; 11
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Australian Law Reform Commission library
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Report (Australia. Law Reform Commission) ; no. 11
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| Contents |
Part I: Background to Recommendations. 1. Parallel inquiries: form and progress of the reference -- 2. A tort of unfair publication. Part II: Defamation. 3. Defamation in a changing society -- 4. Codification of defamation law -- 5. Defamation: the right of action -- 6. Defamation: defences -- 7. Criminal defamation. Part III: Publication Privacy. 8. Privacy in Australia: the story so far -- 9. Privacy and publication: the ambit of protection -- 10. Privacy and publication: recommendations. Part IV: Remedies, Procedures and Evidence. 11. Remedies -- 12. Procedures and evidence. Part V: Implementation of Proposals |
| Summary |
This report deals with two important, but competing, interests: on the one hand individual honour, reputation and dignity, on the other hand freedom of expression and access to information on public affairs. In Australia the balance between these two interests is struck principally by State and Territorial defamation laws. These are partly contained in statutes, and partly in judge-made rules of common law. The laws are complex and conflict from one part of the country to another. The present report proposes a new law dealing with defamation and the infringement of privacy by publication: an 'unfair publication' law |
| Analysis |
Defamation. Publication. Law. Reform. Australia. Proposals |
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Privacy. Encroachment by mass media. Law. Reform. Australia. Proposals |
| Notes |
Australian Government Publishing Service cat. no.7874713 |
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Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-261) and index |
| Notes |
Full text available on Austlii. Address as at 15/6/06: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/reports/11 |
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Text in German |
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Description based on PDF title page, viewed August 25, 2016 |
| In |
Bound with: Complaints against police supplementary report no: 33168017760105 |
| Subject |
Freedom of information.
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Libel and slander -- Australia.
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Press law -- Australia.
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Privacy, Right of -- Australia.
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Privacy, Right of.
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Privacy, Right of -- Australia.
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| Author |
Australia. Law Reform Commission, issuing body
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| LC no. |
80473589 |
| ISBN |
0642033951 |
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387585747X |
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