Loosening the Shackles of the Truth Defence on Freedom of Speech: Making Defamation Law's Truth Defence More User Friendly for Media Defendants
The truth defence is defamation law's oldest defence but it remains the least attractive defence to Australian media defendants because of its onerous threshold for success. The paper argues that the shackles on the truth defence are inconsistent with established freedom of speech ideals and th...
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7995 |