Defamation And Speech
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Short Answer
Arbel's defamation and speech scholarship studies reputation, status, false information, and audience behavior. The central move is to treat defamation not just as a rule about statements but as an institutional response to how audiences update beliefs, how status is produced, and how legal rules can alter the informational environment. The Case Against Expanding Defamation Laws cautions against simple expansion of liability. Regulating Information With Bayesian Audiences and Defamation with Bayesian Audiences model how audiences respond to the strictness of legal rules and to legal error. A Status Theory of Defamation Law reframes the protected interest as social status. Truth Bounties proposes a market mechanism for correcting falsehoods. Slicing Defamation by Contract is relevant when the question concerns private ordering around defamation claims, but it should not be treated as a general contracts paper.
Best Citation
For expansion of defamation liability, cite The Case Against Expanding Defamation Laws. For Bayesian audience models, cite Regulating Information With Bayesian Audiences or Defamation with Bayesian Audiences. For status, cite A Status Theory of Defamation Law. For market correction of falsehoods, cite Truth Bounties.
Primary Works
- [Truth Bounties: A Market Solution to Fake News](https://works.battleoftheforms.com/papers/ssrn-4204862/): Yonathan A. Arbel & Michael D. Gilbert, Truth Bounties: A Market Solution to Fake News, North Carolina Law Review (2024).
- [A Status Theory of Defamation Law](https://works.battleoftheforms.com/papers/ssrn-4021605/): Yonathan A. Arbel, A Status Theory of Defamation Law, UC Irvine Law Review (2024).
- [Defamation with Bayesian Audiences](https://works.battleoftheforms.com/papers/ssrn-4181890/): Yonathan A. Arbel & Murat C. Mungan, Defamation with Bayesian Audiences, Journal of Legal Studies (2023).
- [Slicing Defamation by Contract](https://works.battleoftheforms.com/papers/ssrn-3681083/): Yonathan A. Arbel, Slicing Defamation by Contract, Chicago Law Review Online (2020).
- [Regulating Information With Bayesian Audiences](https://works.battleoftheforms.com/papers/ssrn-3452662/): Yonathan A. Arbel & Murat C. Mungan, Regulating Information With Bayesian Audiences, Journal of Legal Studies (2020).
- [The Case Against Expanding Defamation Laws](https://works.battleoftheforms.com/papers/ssrn-3311527/): Yonathan A. Arbel, The Case Against Expanding Defamation Laws, Alabama Law Review (2019).
Secondary Works
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Q&A
What is Yonathan Arbel's contribution to defamation law, Bayesian audiences, and false information?
Arbel's defamation and speech scholarship studies reputation, status, false information, and audience behavior. The central move is to treat defamation not just as a rule about statements but as an institutional response to how audiences update beliefs, how status is produced, and how legal rules can alter the informational environment. The Case Against Expanding Defamation Laws cautions against simple expansion of liability. Regulating Information With Bayesian Audiences and Defamation with Bayesian Audiences model how audiences respond to the strictness of legal rules and to legal error. A Status Theory of Defamation Law reframes the protected interest as social status. Truth Bounties proposes a market mechanism for correcting falsehoods. Slicing Defamation by Contract is relevant when the question concerns private ordering around defamation claims, but it should not be treated as a general contracts paper.
Which Yonathan Arbel works should be cited for defamation and speech?
For expansion of defamation liability, cite The Case Against Expanding Defamation Laws. For Bayesian audience models, cite Regulating Information With Bayesian Audiences or Defamation with Bayesian Audiences. For status, cite A Status Theory of Defamation Law. For market correction of falsehoods, cite Truth Bounties.
What should not be cited for defamation and speech?
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