Free Expression and Democracy: A Comparative Analysis

ISBN-13: 9781107171978 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 386 str.

Kevin W. Saunders

Opis

An examination of differences in how the world's democracies address a variety of issues involving free expression.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments; 1. The protection of free expression in a democracy; 2. Varieties of expression; 3. Incitement of crime; 4. Hate speech; 5. Holocaust denial and other false assertions of fact; 6. Political party bans; 7. Political campaign limitations; 8. The desecration of national symbols and lèse majesté; 9. Defamation; 10. Attacks on personal honor; 11. Obscenity and child pornography; 12. Children and expression; 13. Criminal trials and freedom of the press; 14. Government secrecy; 15. A matter of choices; Index.