1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777014103321

Autore

Cram Ian

Titolo

Contested words [[electronic resource] ] : legal restrictions on freedom of speech in liberal democracies / / Ian Cram

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2006

ISBN

1-315-57401-2

1-317-16030-4

1-317-16029-0

1-281-09663-6

9786611096632

0-7546-8031-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Collana

Applied legal philosophy

Disciplina

342'.0853

Soggetti

Freedom of expression

Freedom of speech

Constitutional law - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-227) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Series Editor's Preface; 1 Current Controversies in Freedom of Expression; 2 Rights-based Judicial Review, Constitutional Cultures and Expressive Freedom; 3 Political Expression: Political Parties, Voters and Candidates; 4 Comparative Constitutional Issues Arising from the Regulation of Election Campaign Finance; 5 Wounding Words: The Constitutional Challenge Posed by Hate Speech in Modern Liberal Democracies; 6 Sexually Explicit Expression and the Courts

7 Advertising, Autonomy and Proportionality: Constitutional Arguments Surrounding the Regulation of Commercial Expression8 Conclusion: Protecting Expression as a Constitutional Value; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In modern liberal democracies, rights-based judicial intervention in the policy choices of elected bodies has always been controversial. For some, judicial intervention has tended to trivialize and impoverish democratic politics. For others, judges are be