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OFFENSIVE SPEECH, RELIG, LIMITS OF LAW C
Nicholas Hatzis
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Description for OFFENSIVE SPEECH, RELIG, LIMITS OF LAW C
hardcover. Is government justified in restricting speech offensive to religious belief? If so, what principles are at stake? Drawing on constitutional theory and social and political philosophy, Hatzis discusses the normative reasons that support or negate government interference and their interaction with individual and collective religious freedom. Num Pages: 200 pages. .
Is the government ever justified in restricting offensive speech? This question has become particularly important in relation to communications which offend religious sensibilities. It is often argued that insulting a person's beliefs is tantamount to disrespecting the believer; that insults are a form of hatred or intolerance; that the right to religious freedom includes a more specific right not to be insulted in one's beliefs; that religious minorities have a particularly strong claim to be protected from offence; and that censorship of offensive speech is necessary for the prevention of social disorder and violence. None of those arguments is ... Read more
Is the government ever justified in restricting offensive speech? This question has become particularly important in relation to communications which offend religious sensibilities. It is often argued that insulting a person's beliefs is tantamount to disrespecting the believer; that insults are a form of hatred or intolerance; that the right to religious freedom includes a more specific right not to be insulted in one's beliefs; that religious minorities have a particularly strong claim to be protected from offence; and that censorship of offensive speech is necessary for the prevention of social disorder and violence. None of those arguments is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Academic
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198758440
SKU
V9780198758440
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99-28
About Nicholas Hatzis
Nicholas Hatzis is associate professor in law at the University of Nottingham. Previously, he was research fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford and referendaire at the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Reviews for OFFENSIVE SPEECH, RELIG, LIMITS OF LAW C
All in all, this is an important text on an important topic. Balancing competing ideas about what is necessary in public life is not, as the author concludes, a straightforward, linear affair but this has made an important contribution to the ongoing debate.
Max D Winthrop, Law Society Gazette
Max D Winthrop, Law Society Gazette