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Freedom of Speech and Its Limits (Law and Philosophy Library)
Wojciech Sadurski
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Paperback. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 379.
In authoritarian states, the discourse on freedom of speech, conducted by those opposed to non-democratic governments, focuses on the core aspects of this freedom: on a right to criticize the government, a right to advocate theories arid ideologies contrary to government-imposed orthodoxy, a right to demand institutional reforms, changes in politics, resignation of the incompetent and the corrupt from positions of authority. The claims for freedom of speech focus on those exercises of freedom that are most fundamental and most beneficial to citizens - and which are denied to them by the government. But in a by-and large democratic polity, ... Read more
In authoritarian states, the discourse on freedom of speech, conducted by those opposed to non-democratic governments, focuses on the core aspects of this freedom: on a right to criticize the government, a right to advocate theories arid ideologies contrary to government-imposed orthodoxy, a right to demand institutional reforms, changes in politics, resignation of the incompetent and the corrupt from positions of authority. The claims for freedom of speech focus on those exercises of freedom that are most fundamental and most beneficial to citizens - and which are denied to them by the government. But in a by-and large democratic polity, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Law and Philosophy Library
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402002816
SKU
V9781402002816
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