Comparative privacy and defamation / edited by András Koltay and Paul Wragg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Koltay, András, editor.

Wragg, Paul, editor.

Series:

Research handbooks in comparative law.

Research Handbooks in Comparative Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libel and slander--History.

Libel and slander.

Freedom of expression.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

"Providing comparative analysis that examines both Western and non-Western legal systems, this wide-ranging Handbook expands and enriches the existing privacy and defamation law literature and addresses the fundamental issues facing today's scholars and practitioners. Comparative Privacy and Defamation provides insightful commentary on issues of theory and doctrine, including the challenges of General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the impact of new technologies on the law. Chapters explore the origins and development of the right to privacy, privacy rights of photographic subjects and defamation by photo-manipulation, and the right to be forgotten. Containing contributions from expert international scholars, this comprehensive Handbook investigates the liability of internet intermediaries in cases of defamation and the emerging problem of global injunctions before concluding with eight country focussed studies. Engaging and accessible, this Handbook will be a key resource for students and scholars researching in the fields of privacy and defamation law, internet and technological law and information and media law"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction / Paul Wragg and András Koltay

Theoretical considerations 1. The origins and development of the right to privacy / John Campbell

2. Privacy and incrementalism / Thomas D.C. Bennett

3. Theories of reputation / Jan Oster

4. Separated by a common language: The anti-paternalism principle in us and english defamation and privacy law / Paul Wragg

Privacy laws compared

5. Weighing content: Can expression be more or less important? Categorical or case by case balancing and its (respective) disposition to rank relevance of communication / Matthias Cornils

6. What is it the public has a right to know? The right to privacy for public officials and the right access to official documents - European and Swedish perspectives / Jane Reichel

7. Do we need to separate privacy and reputation? USA, Europe and Korea compared / Kyung Sin Park

8. Public image (un)limited: Privacy rights of the photographic subject in England and New York compared / Rebecca Moosavian

9. What newsworthiness means / Amy Gajda

10. Defamation by photo-manipulation under New Zealand law / S. Che Ekaratne

Data protection

11. A European and German perspective on data protection law in a digitised world / Sebastian Bretthauer

12. Right to be forgotten in the global information economy / Joanna Kulesza

13. Enforcing privacy through individual data access rights - a comparative study / Rolf H. Weber and Dominic N. Staiger

Defamation laws compared

14. Defamation: A half-century of changes (more or less) / Russell L. Weaver

15. A comparative analysis of the treatment of corporate reputation in Australia and the UK / Peter Coe

Defamation, privacy and new technologies

16. Liability of internet intermediaries for defamation: Beyond publication and innocent dissemination / David Rolph

17. Defamation on the internet: The role and responsibilities of gatekeepers / András Koltay

18. Privacy, remedies and comity: The emerging problem of global injunctions and some preliminary thoughts on how best to address it / Ron Krotoszynski

Country Chapters

19. Free speech and the rights relating to the personality involving politicians in French law / Guilhem Gil

20. Italian defamation and privacy law from a comparative perspective / Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich

21. Canadian defamation and privacy law in comparative context / David Mangan

22. Privacy and defamation in Australia: A post-colonial tango, or the operation of privacy and defamation in Australia without formal constitutional free expression protections / Mark Pearson and Virginia Leighton-Jackson

23. South Africa's reasonable publication defence and the United Kingdom's public interest defence: Two sides of the same coin? / Dario Milo

24. Defamation and privacy law in Japan - from a comparative perspective / Jun Shimizu

25. The Chinese defamation law four decades on (1979-2019): Legal rules versus political uncertainties / Mei Ning Yan

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78897-059-4