Sedition and the Advocacy of Violence: Free Speech and Counter-Terrorism

ISBN-13: 9780415565158 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 208 str.

Sarah Sorial;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

This text looks at the issue of sedition by providing an explanatory account of the relation between speech and action using speech act theory as developed by J.L. Austin and applying this to the task of developing a defence of freedom of speech as a qualified right.

Recenzje

"This study addresses the complexities of free speech when it's extreme — in chapters giving a legislative overview, the problem of "line-drawing," the relation between speech and action and between speech and harm, truth and the "marketplace" of ideas, belief formation and media technologies, and policy implications. Sorial is affiliated with the U. of Wollongong, Australia. Her work will be of interest to students and scholars of philosophy of law and legal theory."—Book News

Spis treści

Introduction   1. Modern Sedition Law and the ‘Glorification’ of Terrorism: A Legislative Overview   2. Free Speech and Democracy: The problem of ‘line-drawing’   3. Can Saying So Make it So: The relation between speech and action  4. Speech and Harm   5. Truth, Autonomy, and the Marketplace of Ideas   6. Imitation, belief formation and media technologies   7. Policy Implications   8. Conclusion 

O autorze

Sarah Sorial is a ARC Post Doctoral Research Fellow at The University of Wollongong, Australia.