The Language of Defamation Cases

ISBN: 9780195391329 出版年：2010 页码：258 Shuy, Roger W Oxford University Press

Introduction SECTION I: DEFAMATION LAW: WHERE LINGUISTICS CAN HELP 1. Fighting Over Defamatory Language 2. How Linguistics Fits into the Picture SECTION II: DEFAMATION BATTLES IN THE MEDIA 3. A Sixth-Grade Teacher Goes After the Local Press 4. Widow of a Murdered Man Sues a Local TV Station 5. A Religious Leader, the TV Media, and the FCC 6. Las Vegas Headliner Wayne Newton Sues NBC 7. Verbal Duels Between Linguistics Experts in a Case Brought by an Ohio Supreme Court Justice Against a Newspaper SECTION III: DEFAMATION DISPUTES IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE 8. Optometrists vs. Opthamologists 9. Otolaryngologists vs. Plastic Surgeons 10. Infighting in the Hair Care Products Industry 11. A Policy Holder Sues Her Insurance Company 12. An Employee Sues Her Employer 13. A Corporation Files a Lawsuit Against a Union 14. So Are We Making Any Progress? References Cited Case Citations