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Contested words : legal restrictions on freedom of speech in liberal democracies /

"In modern liberal democracies rights-based judicial intervention in the policy choices of elected bodies has always been controversial. This book offers a contribution to on-going debates surrounding the judicial role in protecting fundamental human rights, focusing in particular on legislativ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cram, Ian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2006.
Colección:Applied legal philosophy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Current controversies in freedom of expression
  • Rights-based judicial review, constitutional cultures and expressive freedom
  • Political expression: political parties, voters and candidates
  • Comparative constitutional issues arising from the regulation of election campaign finance
  • Wounding words: the constitutional challenge posed by hate speech in modern liberal democracies
  • Sexually explicit expression and the courts
  • Advertising, autonomy and proportionality: constitutional arguments surrounding the regulation of commercial expression
  • Conclusion: protecting expression as a constitutional value.