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Michael Herz - The Content and Context of Hate Speech: Rethinking Regulation and Responses - 9780521191098 - V9780521191098
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The Content and Context of Hate Speech: Rethinking Regulation and Responses

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Description for The Content and Context of Hate Speech: Rethinking Regulation and Responses hardcover. This volume considers whether it is possible to establish carefully tailored hate speech policies that recognize the histories and values of different countries. Editor(s): Herz, Michael; Molnar, Peter. Num Pages: 568 pages, 4 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 880.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Number of Pages
568
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521191098
SKU
V9780521191098
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99-12

About Michael Herz
Michael Herz is the Arthur Kaplan Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he also serves as Director of the Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy. Previously, he clerked for Justice Byron White of the US Supreme Court and for Chief Judge Levin H. Campbell of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. His ... Read more

Reviews for The Content and Context of Hate Speech: Rethinking Regulation and Responses
'… a wide and encompassing look at hate speech in its various forms and the various factors (of which modern communications is but one) that push for a rethink of regulations. … The Content and Context of Hate Speech is a useful and enjoyable book for anyone who is interested in the issue, whether as part of academic research, as ... Read more

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