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Free expression and democracy : a comparative analysis /

Saunders, Kevin Wall, 1947-

Free expression and democracy : a comparative analysis / Kevin W. Saunders, Michigan State University. - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017. - x, 379 p. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The protection of free expression in a democracy -- Varieties of expression -- Incitement of crime -- Hate speech -- Holocaust denial and other false assertions of fact -- Political party bans -- Political campaign limitations -- The desecration of national symbols and lلese majestâe -- Defamation -- Attacks on personal honor -- Obscenity and child pornography -- Children and expression -- Criminal trials and freedom of the press -- Government secrecy -- A matter of choices.

9781107171978 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781316623084 (paperback : alk. paper)

2016034675


Comparative government.
Democracy.
Freedom of speech.

JC591 / .S28 2017

323.44/3