Outlawing Genocide Denial : The Dilemmas of Official Historical Truth /

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"Holocaust denial can be viewed as another form of hatred against Jews and restricting it can be understood as a way of preventing hate speech. Germany has made it a crime punishable by law. Other European countries have adopted similar laws. While the rationales for criminalizing speech seems...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewy, Guenter, 1923- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Völkermord
Verleugnung
Internationales Strafrecht
Holocaust denial.
Historiography > Political aspects.
Genocide > Historiography.
Freedom of speech.
Criminal liability (International law)
Freedom of expression.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Negationnisme.
Liberte d'expression.
Responsabilite penale (Droit international)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Holocaust denial law in the German Federal Republic
  • Holocaust denial under the Austrian Verbotsgesetz
  • Genocide denial law in Switzerland
  • The French Lois Memorielles
  • The Zűndel case in Canada
  • International bodies and genocide denial
  • Criminalizing the denial or affirmation of the Armenian genocide
  • American exceptionalism : the Mermelstein case
  • State-mandated genocide education.

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