Reputation, celebrity and defamation law (Google eBook)

David Rolph

Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008 - Law - 217 pages

Taking Robert Post's seminal article 'The Social Foundations of Reputation and the Constitution' as a starting point, this volume examines how the concept of reputation changes to reflect social, political, economic, cultural and technological developments. It suggests that the value of a good reputation is not immutable and analyzes the history and doctrines of defamation law in the US and the UK. A selection of Australian case studies illustrates different concepts of defamation law and offers insights into their specific nature. Drawing on approaches to celebrity in media and cultural studies, the author conceptualizes reputation as a media construct and explains how reputation as celebrity is of great contemporary relevance at this point in the history of defamation law.

Contents

• Post on Reputation: 19
• The Historical Foundations of the Concept of Reputation: 39
• Reputation as Property: 87
• Part I: 105
• Part II: 127
• Reputation as Dignity: 147
• Reputation as Celebrity: 171
• Conclusion: 185

Bibliographic information

• Title: Reputation, celebrity and defamation law
• Author: David Rolph
• Editor: David Rolph
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008
• ISBN: 1409496236, 9781409496236
• Length: 217 pages
• Subjects: Law / International