International media liability : civil liability in the information age / editor, Christian Campbell.

xxxiv, 424 pages ; [28] cm

0471965782
9780471965787

R 65 CAM.I

Price : NLG 271.50 Inv.# 152951 Date 13/10/97; Supplier : Nedbook International, Amsterdam; Recd 16/10/97; Contents : Australia : Introduction; Defamation; Injurious falsehood; Protecting personality; Privacy; Breach of confidence; Prohibited speech legislation; Misleading or deceptive conduct; Canada : Introduction; Defamation; Invasion of privacy; Appropriation of personality; Trespass; Nuisance; Breach of confidence; Injurious falsehood; Negligent publication causing emotional or financial injury; Copyright; Trade-marks; Conclusion; England and Wales : Introduction; Defamation; Malicious falsehood; Blasphemy and obscenity; Contempt of court; Official secrets; Reporting restrictions on juvenile offenders and proceedings generally; Privacy - confidentiality; Data protection infringements; Copyright and related rights; Moral rights and performers' rights; Passing off; Infringement of trade-mark, patent or registered design; Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981; Infringing the consumer protection legislation including price indications; Product liability; Software of merchantable quality; Encouraging readers to indulge in illegal conduct; Race relations; France : Introduction; Defamation; Elements of defamation; Publicity; Exceptio veritatis; Legal immunities; Specific cases of defamation; Procedural considerations; Civil procedure; Other grounds for potential liability; Germany : Introduction; Causes of action; Questions of procedure; Alternative actions; General remarks; Japan : Introduction; Freedom of expression in Japan; Regulation of the media; Some recent abuses of freedom of expression; Conclusion; The Netherlands : Introduction; Protection of name and reputation; Privacy and publicity; New Zealand : Introduction; Defamation; Privacy; Contempt; Negligence; Fair Trading Act; Trespass; Breach of confidence; Protection of sources - the newspaper rule; Regulation of the media; Scotland : Introduction; Scots law in its international context; Defamation; Verbal injury and convicium; Unintentional defamations; The law of negligence; Privacy; Spain : Introduction; Legal bases and their development; Protection of honour; Private sphere; Civil law requirements for liability; Scope of civil law liability; Critical observations as to the law; United States : Introduction; Libel; Intentional infliction of emotional distress; Criminal libel - breach of peace; Incitement; Privacy; Some conclusions; Jurisdiction; Conflict of law rules;.
"Published under the auspices of the Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria.".
En port. :"Published under the auspices of the Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria.".
Publ. under the auspices of the Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chichester : Wiley, 1997.

English