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Freedom of Speech
Professor Eric Barendt
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Description for Freedom of Speech
hardcover. Considering the meaning and scope of freedom of speech, this work 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. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; KNT; LND; LNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 992.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Number of Pages
552
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199244515
SKU
V9780199244515
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99-1
About Professor Eric Barendt
Eric Barendt is Goodman Professor of Media Law at University College London.
Reviews for Freedom of Speech
a deeply satisfying first chapter entitled "Why protect free speech?", which should be read by anyone who thinks J. S. Mill said everything that needed to be said on the topic...This admirable volume is a fully revised and updated edition of the major work published in 1985. It is one of the many virtues of this work that the various ... Read more