Don Berman writes
>
> Rather than using a true "hypothetical" I take a clipping from the
> morning newspaper and ask for student comments. etc.
> I also considered a range of questions focusing on legal defenses
> and other justications for the landlord's alleged behavior. In this
> situation the use is not "hyperbolic" in the way that term is
> normally used. Yet I still feel that I do not run the risk of being
> sued for libel. Is my feeling totally unjustified?
--Your class sounds good fun. Discussing news clippings would certainly accelerate learning for me. I began to feel as though the issue were becoming a little too fragile. Surely a man can gauge if he has made someone mad by talking about him? I thought the law was there for people who were mad at each other - not just those stalking and lurking who consider a set of facts academically - hoping to catch someone out on something.
I feel momentarily outraged at the the thought of you getting harassed for running a real and useful class...then I think to myself - you are hardly going to get yourself to that point. :-)
Jackie Mackay
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