Saunders, Kevin Wall, 1947-

Free expression and democracy : a comparative analysis / Kevin W. Saunders, Michigan State University. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017 . - x, 379 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The protection of free expression in a democracy -- Varieties of expression -- Incitement of crime -- Hate speech -- Holocaust denial and other false assertions of fact -- Political party bans -- Political campaign limitations -- The desecration of national symbols and lèse majesté -- Defamation -- Attacks on personal honor -- Obscenity and child pornography -- Children and expression -- Criminal trials and freedom of the press -- Government secrecy -- A matter of choices.

9781107171978 9781316623084


Freedom of speech
Democracy
Comparative government

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