The Fall and Rise of Blasphemy Law

ISBN-13: 9789087282684 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 268 str.

Paul Cliteur; Tom Herrenberg

Opis

In contemporary politics two conflicting trends have influenced freedom of expression. The first confirms that many Western countries have become less strict about sacrilegious expression and repealed their blasphemy laws or withdrew much of their punishment for blasphemy. Yet the second trend manifests in an opposing movement, often couched in terms of religious freedom, which attempts to reconcile free speech with freedom of religion by punishing expressions deemed, for instance, "hate speech." With contributions by scholars from a wide range of disciplines, this book offers an examination of topical issues relating to both of these movements, looking at freedom of expression, censorship, and blasphemy in contemporary multicultural democracies.

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Contents
Foreword
Blasphemy: A Victimless Crime or a Crime in Search of a Victim? (Flemming Rose)
1. General Introduction (Paul Cliteur and Tom Herrenberg)
2. Blasphemy and the Law: The Fall and Rise of a Legal Non Sequitur (David Nash)
3. The English Law of Blasphemy: The “Melancholy, Long, Withdrawing Roar” (Ivan Hare)
4. On the Life and Times of the Dutch Blasphemy Law (1932–2014) (Paul Cliteur and Tom Herrenberg)
5. Death of a Princess (Paul Cliteur, Laetitia Houben and Michelle Slimmen)
6. Rushdie’s Critics (Paul Cliteur and Tom Herrenberg)
7. John Stuart Mill’s “If All Mankind Minus One” Tested in a Modern Blasphemy Case (Paul Cliteur, Tom Herrenberg & Bastiaan Rijpkema)
8. Religious Freedom and Blasphemy Law in a Global Context: The Concept of Religious Defamation (Mirjam van Schaik)
9. Blasphemy, Multiculturalism, and Free Speech in Modern Britain (Rumy Hasan)