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- Title: Restraining False Light: Constitutional and Common Law Limits on a "Troublesome Tort".
- Author : Federal Communications Law Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 316 KB
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I. INTRODUCTION Defamation law in the United States consists of complex rules that have evolved over decades as courts and legislatures have sought to accommodate the varied interests of speakers, recipients of information, and persons discussed. Intricate statutory and judge-made rules seek to foster the constitutional right to speak freely, the interest of readers and viewers in obtaining knowledge, and the reputational and emotional interests of the subjects of discussion. This complex balancing of interests has created a system of tort law that, though imperfect, reflects the considered judgment of appellate courts and legislatures regarding how best to serve those competing interests.