The plea of truth and public benefit as a defence to an action for defamation in South African law
From introduction: The study begins with a detailed examination of the origins of the defence in Roman law, and traces the dispute over the role of the veritas convicii through the writings of the Roman-Dutch jurists and the decisions of the pre-Union colonial courts in South Africa. The gradual abs...
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| Language: | English |
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Rhodes University
1985
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006974 |