CMN 2170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Criminal Libel, Qualified Privilege, Actual Malice
3 Mar 2016
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Libel - an intentional publication of an injurious publication. You can still injure someone even if you don"t intend to do so. The actions you take that produce an outcome can be reckless. At law recklessness is an entire another branch. If the outcome is the result of recklessness. Maliciousness as a word there are different aspects to it. The aspect of recklessness is the most imp. Consideration of the defenses - defenses that are available for the common law of defamation: Criminal libel is under the branch of criminal law. Criminal libel is distinct from common law of defamation. The supreme court didn"t even deal with the defense of justification. Casey hill in effect is in content of court. That is the basis of the motion its like a procedure. Morris manning read from a document at the press conference. It is also known as the defense of truth.
