Why is publication critically important to the tort of defamation? Why do I not commit the tort

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Why is publication critically important to the tort of defamation? Why do I not commit the tort of defamation if, in the course of a private conversation, I wrongly accuse you of some horrible crime?

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Managing the Law The Legal Aspects of Doing Business

ISBN: 978-0133847154

5th edition

Authors: Mitchell McInnes, Ian R. Kerr, J. Anthony VanDuzer

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