By Eric Barendt

Reviews

• In a tour de force, Professor Barendt concisely yet comprehensively surveys the important topics and recent developments in the free speech jurisprudence of the western democracies, and does so in an eminently readable style that enhances the books numerous scholarly insights. If I could have only three books on free speech in my collection, this would be one of them.- James Weinstein, Amelia Lewis Professor of Constitutional Law, Arizona State University

Description

• Examines topical issues including free speech and freedom of the press, and the application of free speech principles to the Internet
• Rich comparative treatment of six jurisdictions will aid practitioners dealing with questions on which little or no English authority exists
• Uniquely examines the whole field of free speech law from a comparative perspective
• Confronts difficult philosophical questions in a clear manner and makes them relevant to treatment of the legal issues
• New chapters on Free Speech and the Internet, Free speech in the context of media, Free speech and copyright, and Commercial speech reflect developments in case law

New to this edition

• New chapters on Free Speech and the Internet, Free speech in the media, Free speech and copyright, and Commercial speech reflect new developments and case law
This is a fully revised and updated new edition of the classic work first published in 1985. There have been many important developments since the first edition, including enactment of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Canada in 1982, the impact of the European Human Rights Convention, and the consideration by English courts of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.

Social and cultural changes mean that free speech claims are being made in novel contexts: to challenge the validity of bans on tobacco advertising, to publish kiss and tell stories about celebrities, and to resist attempts to regulate the Internet. Barendt considers the meaning and scope of freedom of speech. How far do free speech and expression clauses protect pornography, commercial advertising, and public meetings on the streets? Does this freedom cover desecration of a national flag? Does it include nude dancing?

Eric Barendt discusses the legal protection of free speech in countries including England, the United States (including recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court), Canada, Germany, and under the European Human Rights Convention. He examines the varied approaches of different legal systems and constitutional traditions to balancing free speech and freedom of the press against rights to reputation and privacy, and to copyright and explores the case law in light of the philosophical and political arguments for free speech guarantees.

Readership: Scholars and students of civil liberties, human rights and freedom of speech, politics and media, practitioners specialising in human rights/free speech.

Contents
A Note on Abbreviations

Table of English cases

Table of United States cases

Table of Canadian cases

Table of German cases

Table of Decisions of the European Court and Commission of Human Rights

Cases from other jurisdictions

I. WHY PROTECT FREE SPEECH ?

II. FREE SPEECH IN LIBERAL LEGAL SYSTEMS

III. THE SCOPE OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH

IV. PRIOR RESTRAINTS

V. POLITICAL SPEECH

VI. LIBEL AND INVASION OF PRIVACY

VII. COPYRIGHT AND OTHER PROPERTY RIGHTS

VIII. MEETINGS, PROTEST, AND PUBLIC ORDER

IX. FREE SPEECH AND THE JUDICIAL PROCESS

X. PORNOGRAPHY

XI. COMMERCIAL SPEECH

XII. FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE MEDIA

XIII. FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE INTERNET

XIV. FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN SPECIAL CONTEXTS

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Authors, editors, and contributors

Eric Barendt, Goodman Professor of Media Law, University College, London

Published Year: 2005 Format: Hard Back ISBN: 978-0-19-924451-5 Publisher: Oxford University Press No of Pages: 552 Our Price: £ 84.00 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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