Protection of Personality: Defamation, Privacy, and Emotional Distress
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Protection of Personality: Defamation, Privacy, and Emotional Distress (4017): This course will examine the theoretical foundations and common law development of the range of tort remedies designed to afford protection to the interests in personality. Defamation, the right of privacy, and claims of emotional distress and harassment will receive particular attention, along with the constitutional defenses to these claims, based on the First Amendment, and recent issues novel to the internet era. Elements used in grading: Final Exam.
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Protection of Personality: Defamation, Privacy, and Emotional Distress (4017): This course will examine the theoretical foundations and common law development of the range of tort remedies designed to afford protection to the interests in personality. Defamation, the right of privacy, and claims of emotional distress and harassment will receive particular attention, along with the constitutional defenses to these claims, based on the First Amendment, and recent issues novel to the internet era. Elements used in grading: Final Exam.
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2023-2024 WinterSchedule No Longer Available
Protection of Personality: Defamation, Privacy, and Emotional Distress (4017): This course will examine the theoretical foundations and common law development of the range of tort remedies designed to afford protection to the interests in personality. Defamation, the right of privacy, and claims of emotional distress and harassment will receive particular attention, along with the constitutional defenses to these claims, based on the First Amendment, and recent issues novel to the internet era. Elements used in grading: Final Exam.
Sections
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2022-2023 WinterSchedule No Longer Available