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Article: Defamation: Comparative Law and Practice.(Book review)
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- Melbourne University Law Review
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- August 1, 2007
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Defamation." Comparative Law and Practice by Andrew T Kenyon (Oxford: UCL Press, 2006) pages v-xlv, 1-431. Price A$131.00 (softcover). ISBN10:1 84472 021 7.
Most textbooks on legal topics accept a verbal approach to their task. They set out the relevant legislation. They collect the applicable cases. They engage in discussion about the consistency of judicial decisions. They analyse the coherence of the body of law according to doctrinal categories. If one is lucky, they might add some references concerning the policy choices that lie behind the words and offer a few comments on future directions that the law might take to repair revealed defects.
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