Description

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 the impact of the European Human Rights Convention. Social and cultural changes mean that free speech claims are being made in novel contexts. Barendt considers the meaning and scope of freedom of speech and 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.

Features

• 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

Product Details

552 pages; ISBN13: 978-0-19-924451-5ISBN10: 0-19-924451-0

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