Defences for defamation: its strengths and weaknesses / Fatimah Zahrah Ramli …[et al.]

• Main Authors: Ramli, Fatimah Zahrah, Rosalan, Nurliyana, Abd. Hadi, Rozanna, Mohamed Rahim, Siti Baqiuratul Zahraa'
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: The concept of law
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31820/1/31820.PDF; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31820/

The tort of defamation is principally designed to protect interest in reputation from untrue statements. There are a number of important and extremely complex defences to defamation, and the complexity reflects the difficulty in satisfying the desire to balance the need for freedom of speech against...