Symposium - Libel and Slander in Illinois: Contents

Chicago-Kent Law Review Volume 43 | Issue 1 Article 2 April 1966 Symposium - Libel and Slander in Illinois: Contents Chicago-Kent Law Review Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Chicago-Kent Law Review, Symposium - Libel and Slander in Illinois: Contents, 43 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 1 (1966). Available at: https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/vol43/iss1/2 This Front Matter is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chicago-Kent Law Review by an authorized editor of Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. For more information, please contact . CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW Copyright 1966, Chicago-Kent College of Law VOLUME 43 SPRING, 1966 NUMBER 1 SYMPOSIUM LIBEL AND SLANDER IN ILLINOIS As the law relating to libel and slander developed over the past few centuries, it became engrafted with numerous religious, political and historical eccentricities, and, as a consequence, appears at first to be complex and bewildering. It is the purpose of this symposium to treat, in detail, the varied aspects of the law of libel and slander, and to clarify some of the more perplexing areas of defamation. Emphasis will be placed upon the law of Illinois throughout the symposium. The contents are as follows: I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. Defamation Defined ................................. Slander and Slander Per Se ........................... Libel and Libel Per Se ............................... Slander and Libel Distinguished ...................... Publication ........................................ M alice ............................................. Special Damages .................................... Absolute Privileges .................................. Qualified Privileges ................................. Truth As a Defense .................................. The Requirement of "Good Motives and Justifiable Ends" Defamation of Public Officials ........................ Mitigation of Damages .............................. 2 11 24 32 44 48 50 55 70 83 92 96 103  (...truncated)