The law of defamation seeks to provide remedies for some of the harms in insult, in particular damage to reputation. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan limits those remedies with respect to public figures, and this chapter considers some of the distinctions and principles involved in providing remedies, including the nature of reasonable expectations.
Keywords: law, defamation, libel, slander, damage, remedies, reputation, New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, reasonable expectations