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

• Autore: Cram Ian
• Pubblicazione: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Disciplina: 342'.0853
• Soggetto topico: Freedom of expression; Freedom of speech; Constitutional law - Philosophy
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Contested words
• ISBN: 1-315-57401-2; 1-317-16030-4; 1-317-16029-0; 1-281-09663-6; 9786611096632; 0-7546-8031-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777014103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Applied legal philosophy.