The content and context of hate speech : rethinking regulation and responses

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    • Herz, Michael
    • Molnar, Peter

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The content and context of hate speech : rethinking regulation and responses

edited by Michael Herz, Peter Molnar

Cambridge University Press, 2012

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The contributors to this volume consider whether it is possible to establish carefully tailored hate speech policies that are cognizant of the varying traditions, histories and values of different countries. Throughout, there is a strong comparative emphasis, with examples (and authors) drawn from around the world. All the authors explore whether or when different cultural and historical settings justify different substantive rules given that such cultural relativism can be used to justify content-based restrictions and so endanger freedom of expression. Essays address the following questions, among others: is hate speech in fact so dangerous or harmful to vulnerable minorities or communities as to justify a lower standard of constitutional protection? What harms and benefits accrue from laws that criminalize hate speech in particular contexts? Are there circumstances in which everyone would agree that hate speech should be criminally punished? What lessons can be learned from international case law?

Table of Contents

  • Foreword: hate speech and the coming death of the international standard before it was born (complaints of a watchdog) Miklos Haraszti
  • Foreword: hate speech and common sense Adam Liptak
  • Part I. Overviews: 1. Interview with Robert Post Peter Molnar and Robert Post
  • 2. Is there a case for banning hate speech Bhikhu Parekh
  • 3. Hate speech C. Edwin Baker
  • 4. Interview with Kenan Malik Peter Molnar and Kenan Malik
  • 5. Hate speech and the demos Jamal Greene
  • 6. On American hate speech law Floyd Abrams
  • Part II. Refinements and Distinctions: 7. Social epistemology, Holocaust denial, and the post-millian calculus Frederick Schauer
  • 8. Denying experience: Holocaust denial and the free speech theory of the state Julie Suk
  • 9. What's wrong with defamation of religion? Kwame Anthony Appiah
  • 10. 'Hate speech' and imminent danger of violence Peter Molnar
  • 11. Reconceptualizing counter-speech in hate speech policy (with a focus on Australia) Katharine Gelber
  • 12. Hate speech and self-restraint Arthur Jacobson and Bernhard Schlink
  • 13. Hate speech in constitutional jurisprudence: a comparative analysis Michel Rosenfeld
  • 14. One step beyond hate speech: post-Soviet regulation of 'extremist' and 'terrorist' speech in the media Andrei Richter
  • 15. Hate speech and comprehensive forms of life Alon Harel
  • Part III. Equality and Fear: 16. Hate speech and political legitimacy Jeremy Waldron
  • 17. Reply to Jeremy Waldron Ronald Dworkin
  • 18. Waldron, Machiavelli, and hate speech Stephen Holmes
  • 19. Shielding marginalized groups from verbal assaults without abusing hate speech laws Yared Legesse Mengistu
  • 20. Interview with Nadine Strossen Peter Molnar and Nadine Strossen
  • 21. Interview with Theodore Shaw Peter Molnar and Theodore Shaw
  • Part IV. International Law: 22. Does international law provide for consistent rules on hate speech? Toby Mendel
  • 23. State-sanctioned incitement to genocide: the responsibility to prevent Irwin Cotler
  • 24. A survey and critical analysis of Council of Europe strategies for countering 'hate speech' Tarlach McGonagle
  • 25. The American convention on human rights: regulation of hate speech and similar expression Eduardo Bertoni and Julio Rivera, Jr
  • 26. Orbiting hate: satellite transponders and free expression Monroe Price.

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  • NCID
    BC16513068
  • ISBN
    • 9780521191098
  • LCCN
    2011018357
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxiv, 544 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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