Essays on Defamation

INTRODUCTION

There are some events in the course of the world’s growth and development that seem likely to occur; people will experience conflict, social unrest, possible warfare and any number of natural disasters that can devastate communities all across the globe. In the modern era one of the most terrifying of occurrences are terrorist attacks. Terrorist threats can exist unnoticed; no one knows when they may occur and what public place, government buildings or function that may be targeted. This makes terrorist attacks a huge source of stress, fear and shock for the people and for the governments involved. ...

FTOs (Foreign Terrorist Organizations) are foreign groups that the Secretary of State designates “in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)” (“Chapter 6,” 2012). The designation of FTOs is crucial to fighting terrorism and helps to curtail support for terror activities. Accordingly, section 219 provides criteria for the legal designation of FTOs. First, an organization must be foreign-based in order to be labeled as an FTO. Secondly, the group must be involved in terrorist operations or maintain “the capability and intent to engage in terrorist activity or terrorism” (“Chapter 6,” 2012). Thirdly, the terror activity ...

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 ...

1. What is the definition of a tort? Tort is “a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.” (Merriam-Webster) 2. What are 2 types of damages you may receive if you are successful in a torts cause of action? “Legal damages can encompass economic losses, such as lost profits, as well as punitive damages, which are awarded to plaintiffs as a way of punishing malicious wrongdoers. “ (Wrongful or Tortious Interference with Contracts.) 3. Name ...

Israel has never been a liberal state. This country was built by true communists– so convinced that they emigrated from the socialist Soviet Union, and created even more socialist kibbutzim. The kibbutzim embodied communism ideals much better than Soviet collective farms: the property passed into the ownership of the community, people’s incomes were combined into a common pot, and children were often brought up by a commune more than by their own parents. There is no freedom of speech in Israel. It has a military censorship; however, the greatest obstacle to the freedom of expression is the Israeli ...

Introduction to Law

Issue 1: Whether Glen’s reckless driving constitute negligence A prima facie case of negligence involves a harm (physical, economic, or emotional distress) that is a direct result (causation) of a defendant’s careless conduct. Negligence involves a three-pronged analysis of defendants conduct: 1) breach of a duty of care that runs afoul of a reasonably prudent person in similar circumstances 2) plaintiff injury that is direct result of this breach; and 3) whether injury to plaintiff was foreseeable consequence of this breach. For purposes of Negligence it does not matter if defendant had intent to injure plaintiff. Here, ...

Illegal immigration is one of the social issues that is consistently being debated in the United States. The public is often polarized on the issue, some do not consider illegal immigration a genuine concern and others believe it is a danger and threat to the United States and it must be banned and proactively prevented in the future. A great deal of research has been conducted on the topic of illegal immigration and its impact to the United States. There are millions of illegal immigrants residing in the United States and that number does not appear to be reducing. ...

An Assignment Submitted by

Brief Overview In the work of a school counselor, ethical code of conduct plays a central role identifying the quality of the profession. A failure to comply with the ethical rules may lead to the disciplinary and legal consequences that will affect the career as well as the entire educational establishment. It is essential to remember that school bears a list of responsibilities for the life and well-being of children and adolescents that are both legally and ethically safeguarded by the state and the entire community. Consequently, the educators have to preserve a balance between their personal beliefs and ...

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 ...

Iran’s nuclear program is one of the most controversial issues that concern many nations, especially its neighboring Arab countries, Turkey, and Israel. Iran agreed to repudiate its ownership of weapons of mass destruction that includes chemical and biological weapons through various treaties. Iran has also ratified the NPT or the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (Federation of American Scientist), which made Iran’s nuclear program a subject to IAEA’s verification. Iran’s nuclear program was initially cancelled right after the revolution in 1979, but it was revived during the latter part of war with Iraq in 1988. It has ...

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

Social change is not the priority for some. However, through various efforts, social change is feasible. This paper will likewise discuss the importance and the feasibility of working towards social change.

Body

Before the course, my perspective of social change is limited simply because there was no involvement. There is little exposure to the possibilities that may be brought on by social change nor to its importance. However, after the course, I believe that my perspective of social change had evolved to a perspective with a deeper understanding. Similar to Astin A. and Astin H. (2000), I have come to ...

In 2010 the Snyder family filed a lawsuit against the Westboro Baptist Church that picketed the funeral of their son who was killed in Iraq. They thought that the church violated their rights for privacy and intentionally inflicted the emotional distress by means of defamation (Oyez). However, the lawsuit was unsuccessful, because the Supreme Court came to the conclusion that the First Amendment justified the actions of the Westboro Church. Their protest was public and was not directed against the Snyder’s son or them. Moreover, they stayed away from the memorial service in the public area and the ...

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 ...

Question 1

a) Crisis communication strategy refers to the approaches used by the organization as a means to protect itself, including its staffs, properties and customers, from the threat of possible damage to its character as perceived by the public. For example, product recalls because a certain product was found to be defective or harmful to the public can do so much to damage the reputation of the company. As a means to mitigate the impact to the overall standing of the company, the management must resort to a coordinated strategy to cushion the impact to its reputation such as issuing ...