Recommended Titles and Treatises
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Torts » Libel & Slander
Sack on defamation: libel, slander, and related problems
2 volumes. Looseleaf. Updated annually.
This title covers the basic elements of a defamation claim; the types of damages that can be awarded in defamation suits; the categories within which a statement may be deemed slanderous per se and actionable; the various causes of action in invasion of privacy torts; the elements of a cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress; and the elements involved in a false-light cause of action, private facts tort, and slander of title tort.