Freedom of expression law Books
HarperCollins Publishers Trigger Warning
Book SynopsisConcise and Abridged EditionDo we really have the right to say the wrong' thing?I strongly recommend this book. Hume is right that the current proliferation of trigger warnings is absurd' GuardianIn a fierce defence of free speech in all its forms Mick Hume's blistering polemic exposes the new threats facing us today in the historic fight for freedom of expression. In 2015, the cold-blooded attacks in Paris on the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists united the free-thinking world in proclaiming Je suis Charlie'. But it wasn't long before many were arguing that the massacres showed the need to restrict the right to be offensive. Meanwhile sensitive students are sheltered from potentially offensive material and Twitter vigilantes police those expressing the wrong' opinion. But the basic right being suppressed to be offensive, despite the problems it creates is not only acceptable but vital to society. Without a total freedom of expression, other liberties will not be possible.Trade Review‘Superb…This is a first-rate polemic and the most important political book of the year so far’ Rod Liddle ‘This is an important book, and couldn’t be more timely. It’s strong-minded, unafraid, determined to knock down all the various specious arguments against free speech, unapologetic about insisting on the value of free expression, and terrifically well argued. In these weak-minded times it’s good to have so uncompromising a defence’ Salman Rushdie ‘What this book does tremendously is pull off the neat trick of summing up just what the hell is going on out there on the great frontiers of speech, offence, liberty and people shouting at each other’ The Times
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Cambridge University Press You Cant Always Say What You Want
Book SynopsisThe freedom to think what you want and to say what you think has always generated a pushback of regulation and censorship. This raises the thorny question: to what extent does free speech actually endanger speech protection? This book examines today''s calls for speech legislation and places it into historical perspective, using fascinating examples from the past 200 years, to explain the historical context of laws regulating speech. Over time, the freedom to speak has grown, the ways in which we communicate have evolved due to technology, and our ideas about speech protection have been challenged as a result. Now more than ever, we are living in a free speech paradox: powerful speakers weaponize their rights in order to silence those less-powerful speakers who oppose them. By understanding how this situation has developed, we can stand up to these threats to the freedom of speech.Trade Review'The landscape of free speech is in constant flux, and Baron provides important context to the current debates.' Kirkus Reviews'… ambitious and timely …' James Rhoades, Library JournalTable of Contents1. Free speech, but...; 2. Guns and grammar; 3. Clear and present danger; 4. Strong language; 5. Threat level: orange; 6. America's war on language; 7. Repeat after me; 8. Will free speech survive?
£18.00
University of Toronto Press The Unfulfilled Promise of Press Freedom in
Book SynopsisThe Unfulfilled Promise of Press Freedom in Canada offers a vast array of viewpoints that critically analyze the application and interpretation of press freedom under the Charter of Rights.Trade Review"The Unfulfilled Promise of Press Freedom in Canada is candid and thoughtful. It belongs in every journalism school library. It casts a wide net in asking why media fight [for a freer press], and more interestingly, why some don't." -- Holly Doan Blacklocks Reporter, April 1, 2017Table of ContentsIntroduction: Press Freedom in Canada Lisa Taylor Part I: Press Freedom and Internal Pressures Chapter 1: The Real Danger to Press Freedom Tony Burman Chapter 2: Exploring How Emerging Digital Business Models and Journalistic Innovation May Influence Freedom of the Press Leigh Felesky Chapter 3: Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation and Freedom of the Press in Canada Normand Landry Chapter 4: Process Journalism and Responsible Communication: Establishing Real-Time Reporting Practices that Defend Against Defamation Tim Currie Chapter 5: Freedom of Expression, Entertainment, Hate Speech, and Defamation: Where Do We Draw the Line? Anne-Marie Gingras Part II: Press Freedom and Court Processes Chapter 6: Free Expression at Thirty - The Search for Respect Daniel Henry Chapter 7: Has Dagenais-Mentuck Seen Its High-Water Mark? Ryder Gilliland Chapter 8: How the Criminal Code "Protects" Sexual Assault Complainants from Themselves and Constrains Their Participation in the News Media Lisa Taylor Chapter 9: Must News Reporters Be Guerilla Lawyers to Protect Their Rights? Covering the Canadian Justice System in Small Communities Robert Koopmans Part III: Press Freedom and Institutional Secrecy Chapter 10: Freedom of Information: How Accountability to the Public Is Denied Fred Vallance-Jones Chapter 11: Municipal Access to Information, Delays, and Denials: An Insider's View Suzanne Craig Chapter 12: Unfettered Social Media versus Government Censorship: Mona Eltahawy's Twitter Escape as a Test Case for Press Freedom Gavin Adamson Chapter 13: Media Whining or Democratic Crisis? How Institutional Secrecy Is Contextualized in National Newspapers Bruce Gillespie Part IV: Press Freedom and the Charter Chapter 14: Section 2(b)'s Other Fundamental Freedom: The Press Guarantee, 1982-2012 Jamie Cameron Chapter 15: The View from Down Under: Freedom of the Press in Canada James Allan Conclusion: Use It or Lose It: Do Canadians Deserve Press Freedom? Ivor Shapiro Bibliography Contributors
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Lexington Books Free Speech Law and the Pornography Debate
Book SynopsisBy examining the highly contested legal debate about the regulation of pornography through an epistemic lens, this book analyzes competing claims about the proper role of speech in our society, pornography's harm, the relationship between speech and equality, and whether law should regulate and, if so, upon what grounds. In maintaining that inegalitarian pornography generates discursive effects, the book contends that law cannot simply adopt a libertarian approach to free speech. While inegalitarian pornography may not be determinative of gender inequality, it does contribute, reinforce, reflect and help maintain such unfairness. As a result, we can place reasonable gender-based regulations on inegalitarian pornography while upholding our most treasured commitments to dissident speech just as other liberal democracies with strong free speech traditions have done.Table of ContentsPart I - Sociology of Knowledge - “We Already Regulate Pornography for Gender-Based Reasons without Acknowledging It”Chapter 1 - Regulating Pornography: Comparing the Zoning Approach and Nude Dancing Cases to HudnutChapter 2 - Language Games and the Zoning and Nude Dancing CasesPart II - The Legal Landscape that Acts to Exclude Knowledge Claims about PornographyChapter 3 - Categories and Epistemic Gatekeeping in Free Speech JurisprudenceChapter 4 - A Critique of the Content-Neutrality PrincipleChapter 5 - Proving Pornography’s Harms - Where Speech Act Theory, Causality, and the Performative Fall ShortChapter 6 - Discursive Effects: A Different Framework to Understand the Harm from SpeechPart III - Liberal Law and a New Theory of HarmChapter 7 - Discursive Effects and Liberal LawChapter 8 - Reconsidering the tension between Liberty and Equality
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Lexington Books Free Speech Law and the Pornography Debate
Book SynopsisBy examining the highly contested legal debate about the regulation of pornography through an epistemic lens, this book analyzes competing claims about the proper role of speech in our society, pornography's harm, the relationship between speech and equality, and whether law should regulate and, if so, upon what grounds. In maintaining that inegalitarian pornography generates discursive effects, the book contends that law cannot simply adopt a libertarian approach to free speech. While inegalitarian pornography may not be determinative of gender inequality, it does contribute, reinforce, reflect and help maintain such unfairness. As a result, we can place reasonable gender-based regulations on inegalitarian pornography while upholding our most treasured commitments to dissident speech just as other liberal democracies with strong free speech traditions have done.Trade ReviewAn original and deeply insightful analysis of indirect strategies employed by American law to regulate pornography and the sex industry. Building on a wide range of feminist and critical race scholarship, Eckert’s book displays the historically and culturally biased systems of knowledge production that shape what counts as harms, and offers a new theory of discursive harm. By rejecting simplistic accounts of objectivity, evidence, and neutrality, Eckert challenges us to deepen the liberal and egalitarian aspirations that underlie our constitution. A terrific book! -- Stephen Macedo, Princeton UniversityTable of ContentsPart I - Sociology of Knowledge - “We Already Regulate Pornography for Gender-Based Reasons without Acknowledging It”Chapter 1 - Regulating Pornography: Comparing the Zoning Approach and Nude Dancing Cases to HudnutChapter 2 - Language Games and the Zoning and Nude Dancing CasesPart II - The Legal Landscape that Acts to Exclude Knowledge Claims about PornographyChapter 3 - Categories and Epistemic Gatekeeping in Free Speech JurisprudenceChapter 4 - A Critique of the Content-Neutrality PrincipleChapter 5 - Proving Pornography’s Harms - Where Speech Act Theory, Causality, and the Performative Fall ShortChapter 6 - Discursive Effects: A Different Framework to Understand the Harm from SpeechPart III - Liberal Law and a New Theory of HarmChapter 7 - Discursive Effects and Liberal LawChapter 8 - Reconsidering the tension between Liberty and Equality
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Free and Regulated Press: Defending Coercive Independent Press Regulation
Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book provides a systematic, philosophically-grounded reconceptualisation of press freedom and press regulation. In a major departure from orthodox norms, the book argues that press freedom and coercive independent press regulation are not mutually exclusive; that newspapers could be made to compensate their victims, through regulation, without jeopardising their free speech rights; that their perceived public watchdog status does not exempt them; and, ultimately, that mandatory press regulation is not unconstitutional. In doing so, the book questions our most deeply-held, intuitive beliefs about the press and its role in society. Why do we say the printed press has a duty to act as a public watchdog when there is no legally enforceable apparatus by which to ensure it does? Why does government constantly recommend that the press regulate itself when history shows this model always fails? Why do victims of press malfeasance continue to suffer needlessly? By deconstructing the accepted view of press freedom and mandatory regulation, this book shows that both are deeply misunderstood. The prevailing notion that the press must serve the public is an empty relic of Victorian ideology that is both philosophically incoherent and legally unjustifiable. The press is obliged to make good, not do good.Trade ReviewThe merits of this volume are numerous. The “liberation” of the press from its public interest obligations promotes purity of doctrine, which can focus individual legal systems even more on the freedom of debate in public affairs. At least as important is the parallel statement that the reader has a responsibility to be properly informed and cannot expect it from a press regulatory body, and that the democratic public sphere is thus made up of the efforts of many participants readers, advertisers, journalists, and publishers. The recognition of the multifaceted nature of the “freedom of the press” is also an important insight, as a result of which it may be worth rethinking some of the theoretical foundations of the freedom of the press. In addition, the volume argues convincingly that “coercive”—that is, statutory—regulation in the field of the press is not incompatible with protecting freedom of the press. The author thus successfully shakes up “dead dogmas”. Mill himself would be proud. -- András Koltay, National University of Public Service, Budapest * Public Law *Wragg's forensic examination of the fuzziness surrounding the concept of press freedom makes the book a must-buy for university reading lists. -- Mark Hanna, Emeritus Fellow, Sheffield University * British Journalism Review *This is an important book. It is a fine example of the contribution to legal thinking that only academic writers can make. Wragg fulfils his promise to rethink ideas to which the courts and other commentators repeatedly refer, but which they do not explain. -- Michael Tugendhat * Communications Law *A novel, critical, and comprehensive reassessment of the normative underpinnings of press freedom … A Free and Regulated Press will undoubtedly have a major influence on scholarship (and perhaps even policy) on the rationale for and boundaries of press freedom. At the very least, it raises the bar that needs to be met by those who seek to defend the classical normative conception of press freedom and the justifications for its protection from any form of regulation whatsoever. -- Jelena Gligorijevic * Sydney Law Review *Wragg’s book—impressive in both scope and depth of analysis—is set to make a timely, novel, and much-needed contribution to the international press-regulation literature and to spur important debates about the basic values that undergird our thinking in the field. In a scholarly space in which much of even the best work is rooted in outcome preference or policy particulars, this manuscript offers a refreshing intellectual integrity and tackles the much larger and more important task of examining the core philosophical foundations of our most pressing media-freedom questions. I anxiously await it as a reference that I am sure I will cite with frequency, and I know for certain I am not alone in this assessment. * RonNell Andersen Jones, Professor of Law, University of Utah *In A Free and Regulated Press, Paul Wragg offers an original theoretical perspective that challenges a widely held understanding of media freedom. The book then sets out a fresh rationale for press regulation that is rooted in accountability. This is an important contribution to the literature on media freedom, which will interest media scholars and provide an important reference in future debates on media policy. * Jacob Rowbottom, Professor of Law, University of Oxford *In both its breadth and its depth, this intellectual tour de force of press freedom’s history of ideas is unrivalled in legal literature... This book makes a strong and convincing contribution to the debate on freedom of the press and its limits. It will hopefully not only receive the academic praise it deserves, but also the attention of policymakers and practitioners. Anyone working in the area of press freedom and regulation must engage with Paul Wragg’s ideas and observations. Failing to do so would be an inexcusable omission. * Jan Oster, Assistant Professor of EU Law and Institutions, Universiteit Leiden *Paul Wragg’s fresh and exciting take on the subject refocuses our attention on the harm the press does to victims and the need to find a meaningful regulatory solution. * Gavin Phillipson, Professor of Public Law and Human Rights, University of Bristol *Table of ContentsPART 1 RATIONALE 1. Unity in Press Freedom Theory I. Introduction II. The Modern View III. The Teleological View in its Historical Context IV. Conclusion 2. Division in Press Regulatory Theory I. Introduction II. Press Regulation in Practice III. The Ideological Divide Over Press Regulation IV. The Press Reform Debate and its Discontents V. Conclusion PART 2 RIGHT 3. Duty I. Introduction II. Duty as a Legal Claim III. Duty as a Moral Justification IV. Conclusion 4. Responsibility I. Introduction II. Burdens for Benefits III. Responsibilities Curbing Misuse of Power IV. Professionalism and the Dualism of Responsibility V. Conclusion 5. Accountability I. Introduction II. Mill’s Argument from Truth III. Liberty, Rationality, and the Press IV. The Accountability Model Outlined V. Liberty and the Press VI. Conclusion PART 3 REGULATION 6. Society I. Introduction II. The Meaning of Accuracy III. The Harm of Inaccuracy IV. The Limits of Accuracy Regulation V. Conclusion 7. Victims I. Introduction II. Content III. Conduct IV. Public Interest Expression V. Conclusion 8. Readers I. Introduction II. Consumer Protection III. Autonomy and Automatons IV. Conclusion PART 4 REALISATION 9. How? I. Introduction II. Terminal Failings in the Contractual Model III. Statutory Regulation, Press Freedom, and Pareidolia IV. Sanctions V. Conclusion 10. Why? I. Introduction II. Why Regulate the Press? III. Why Regulate the Press? IV. Why Not?
£85.50
Irwin Law Inc The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
£48.60
University of Alaska Press Bong Hits 4 Jesus: A Perfect Constitutional Storm
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£25.16
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to Freedom of Expression
Book SynopsisMark Tushnet presents a concise yet comprehensive overview of free expression law, understood as a form of constitutional law. Confronting the major issues of free expression - speech critical of government, libel law, hate speech regulation, and the emerging challenges posed by new technologies - he evaluates the key questions and potential difficulties for future generations. Contrasting the United States with current law in Europe and elsewhere, Tushnet argues that freedom of expression around the world should reflect deference to legislative judgements, unless those judgements reflect inadequate deliberation or bias, and that much of the existing free expression law is consistent with this view. Key features include: Comprehensible for both students of law and non-specialist readers interested in freedom of expression from a legal perspective Viewpoints from multiple legal systems including analysis of decisions made by the US Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights Explains the two legal doctrinal structures: categorical, rule-bound approaches and standards-based approaches List of key references for further reading, allowing readers to extend their knowledge of the topic past the advanced introduction. This Advanced Introduction will be an essential foundational text for students of law, as well as those from a political science background who can view freedom of expression from a legal perspective.Trade Review'Aimed at readers with some familiarity with basic free speech law and concepts, this Advanced Introduction admirably hits its mark. It provides conceptual clarity and analytical nuance. It addresses old and new free speech controversies and draws on the law of a wide range of constitutional democracies.' --Adrienne Stone, The University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Basic Concepts 2. Justifications for Regulating Speech 3. The Distinction between Coverage and Protection 4. Rights Versus Rights/Rights Versus Interests 5. Subsidies and Content-Neutral Regulations 6. New (?) Challenges Conclusion Index
£84.55
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Advanced Introduction to Freedom of Expression
Book SynopsisMark Tushnet presents a concise yet comprehensive overview of free expression law, understood as a form of constitutional law. Confronting the major issues of free expression - speech critical of government, libel law, hate speech regulation, and the emerging challenges posed by new technologies - he evaluates the key questions and potential difficulties for future generations. Contrasting the United States with current law in Europe and elsewhere, Tushnet argues that freedom of expression around the world should reflect deference to legislative judgements, unless those judgements reflect inadequate deliberation or bias, and that much of the existing free expression law is consistent with this view. Key features include: Comprehensible for both students of law and non-specialist readers interested in freedom of expression from a legal perspective Viewpoints from multiple legal systems including analysis of decisions made by the US Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights Explains the two legal doctrinal structures: categorical, rule-bound approaches and standards-based approaches List of key references for further reading, allowing readers to extend their knowledge of the topic past the advanced introduction. This Advanced Introduction will be an essential foundational text for students of law, as well as those from a political science background who can view freedom of expression from a legal perspective.Trade Review'Aimed at readers with some familiarity with basic free speech law and concepts, this Advanced Introduction admirably hits its mark. It provides conceptual clarity and analytical nuance. It addresses old and new free speech controversies and draws on the law of a wide range of constitutional democracies.' --Adrienne Stone, The University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Basic Concepts 2. Justifications for Regulating Speech 3. The Distinction between Coverage and Protection 4. Rights Versus Rights/Rights Versus Interests 5. Subsidies and Content-Neutral Regulations 6. New (?) Challenges Conclusion Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Online Political Hate Speech in Europe: The Rise
Book SynopsisThis timely book addresses the increasingly widespread issue of online political hatred in Europe. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it examines both the contributions of new technologies, in particular social networks, to the rise of this phenomenon, and the legal and political contexts in which it is taking place. Through an analysis of online hate speech and its impacts, Giovanni Ziccardi characterizes contemporary political hatred in Europe, highlighting its victims, communication strategies, and the creation of a cross-national network of extremists enabled by technology. He compares legal and political responses to the problem at both national and EU levels, as well as the approach taken by the US, in order to examine the effectiveness of current measures. Finally, he evaluates possible remedies for the situation, including both legal and technological solutions, and outlines the potential for a unified European framework to counter the spread of hatred online. Online Political Hate Speech in Europe will be an essential read for scholars and students in law and politics looking for an in-depth analysis of this issue. It will also be useful for politicians, policy makers, and practitioners seeking to understand the mechanisms underlying the circulation of political hatred. Trade Review'With this book, Giovanni Ziccardi confirms his leading position in the field of law and technology. Only a few scholars can claim, at the same time, his legal and technological understanding of the challenges related to online political hate speech. A must-read: it will finally make clear why the European constitutional scenario needs specific legal responses, in order to avoid, or at least mitigate, the risk of the rise of new extremisms on the Internet.' --Oreste Pollicino, Bocconi University, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: the rise of political hate speech online PART I Political hate speech in Europe 1. The nature, and a first definition, of political hate speech 2. Political hate speech between Europe and USA 3. Hate speech: the role and responsibilities of political leaders according to the Council of Europe PART II Political hate speech online 4. Political hate speech and the new framework of digital networks 5. The typical contents of political hate speech online 6. An overview of European online political hate 7. Politics online and the use of hate speech 8. The instant communication of political hate speech 9. Political hate speech and the use of big data 10. The distortion of the democratic balance 11. Contrasting political hate speech online Conclusions: the future of political hate speech online Index
£90.00
Lexington Books Counter-Terrorism Laws and Freedom of Expression:
Book SynopsisAs nations have aggressively implemented a wide range of mechanisms to proactively curb potential threats terrorism, Counter-Terrorism Laws and Freedom of Expression: Global Perspectives offers critical insight into how counter-terrorism laws have adversely affected journalism practice, digital citizenship, privacy, online activism, and other forms of expression. While governments assert the need for such laws to protect national security, critics argue counter-terrorism laws are prone to be misappropriated by state actors who use such laws to quash political dissent, target journalists, and restrict other forms of citizen expression. The book is divided into three parts. Part I deals with the politics and discourse of counter-terrorism laws. Part II focuses on the ways counter-terrorism laws have impacted journalistic practice in different countries, with effects ranging from imprisonment of reporters to self-censorship. Part III addresses how counter-terrorism laws have been used to target everyday citizens, social media activists, whistleblowers, and human rights advocates around the world. Together, the chapters address how counter-terrorism laws have undermined democratic values in both authoritarian and liberal political contexts. Scholars of political science, communication, and legal studies will find this book particularly interesting. Table of ContentsTable of ContentsPART I: IntroductionCounter-terrorism Laws in the International frame: Uncertain Times for Freedom of Expression Téwodros Workneh & Paul Haridakis PART II: The Politics and Discourse of Counterterrorism Laws 2. Schizorevolutions versus Microfascisms: The Fear of Anarchy in State SecuritizationAthina Karatzogianni & Andrew Robinson3. Parliamentary Discussion of Counter-terrorism in Portugal: Discourses on the Right and on the LeftEunice Castro Seixas4. Anti-terrorism Regulations and Freedom of Speech in SpainIsabel Serrano Maillo5. Counter-terrorism Gone Digital: Framing Cybercrime in Turkey Nazli Bülay Doğan6. Chinese-Speaking Netizens’ Comments on VOA’s Coverage of China’s Counter-Terrorism Laws and Freedom of SpeechWei Sun7. Terrorism and Counter-terrorism legislation in BrazilDaniel Oppermann8. How 9/11 Changed America and How We (can) Talk about It: Torture and the Guantanamo Military CommissionsRita Radostitz PART III: Counter-Terrorism Laws and Journalistic Practice 9. Journalism on Ice—National Security Laws and The Chilling Effect in Australian Journalism Richard Murray, Rebecca Ananian-Welsh & Peter Greste10. Anti-terrorism Regulation and Journalism Practice in Uganda Florence Namasinga Selnes11. Between Voice and Silence: India’s Counter-terrorism Laws and Self-Censorship of Journalists in the Kashmir Conflict Mohammad Imran Parray12. Investigative Journalism and Counter-terrorism Law in CameroonNgangum Peter TiakoPART IV: Counter-Terrorism Laws and Citizen Expression 13. Peru’s Counter-Terrorism Law in Post-Conflict TimesGabriela Martínez14. Extremism: Russia’s Crackdown on Free Speech and Religious Freedom in the Name of National Security Daniel Ortner15. Confronting “The Other”: Internal Constraints on Freedom of Speech to Combat Perceived External ThreatsPaul Haridakis16. Terrorism Law System in Algeria: To Serve and Protect or to Control and Oppress?Francesco Tamburini17. Counter-terrorism and Freedom of Speech in Ethiopia: The EPRDF YearsTéwodros Workneh18. Instrument to Rule? Examining the Impact of Bangladesh’s Counter-terrorism Laws on Freedom of ExpressionShudipta Sharma PART V: Epilogue 19. Epilogue: Insights and Lessons Learned or ConfirmedPaul Haridakis & Téwodros Workneh
£91.80
Lexington Books Counter-Terrorism Laws and Freedom of Expression:
Book SynopsisAs nations have aggressively implemented a wide range of mechanisms to proactively curb potential threats terrorism, Counter-Terrorism Laws and Freedom of Expression: Global Perspectives offers critical insight into how counter-terrorism laws have adversely affected journalism practice, digital citizenship, privacy, online activism, and other forms of expression. While governments assert the need for such laws to protect national security, critics argue counter-terrorism laws are prone to be misappropriated by state actors who use such laws to quash political dissent, target journalists, and restrict other forms of citizen expression. The book is divided into three parts. Part I deals with the politics and discourse of counter-terrorism laws. Part II focuses on the ways counter-terrorism laws have impacted journalistic practice in different countries, with effects ranging from imprisonment of reporters to self-censorship. Part III addresses how counter-terrorism laws have been used to target everyday citizens, social media activists, whistleblowers, and human rights advocates around the world. Together, the chapters address how counter-terrorism laws have undermined democratic values in both authoritarian and liberal political contexts. Scholars of political science, communication, and legal studies will find this book particularly interesting. Trade Review"An impressive contribution to the comparative and multi-disciplinary study of counter-terrorism and its effects. This book examines a broad range of jurisdictions from throughout the globe and drills down on how growing counter-terrorism laws too often shrink the space available for free expression." -- Kent Roach, University of Toronto"The global reach of the critiques and analyses in Counter-Terrorism Laws and Freedom of Expression make this book a crucial new tool for the interrogation of dangerous threats to free speech worldwide. Téwodros Workneh and Paul Haridakis seamlessly weave representative studies from a diverse array of experts and locales to show that, no matter the system, all governments seek the cover of terrorism to rationalize self-interested censorship. A primary – and sobering – text across disciplines, from political science to international studies to journalism and beyond." -- Peter Laufer, University of Oregon"The main contribution of this book is the reflection on the ways democratic and non-democratic states deals with the threat of external and internal terrorism using counter-terrorism as their legal machinery. The book sheds light on a wide spectrum of the risks counter-terrorism poses to democratic values such as freedom of expression by showing the difficulties to maintain this right in times of combating terrorism. The book indicates strongly what happens when states are using anti-terrorism acts without strong judicial review by the courts. Without due balances between the needs of security and preservation of freedom of expression we are depriving our citizens from having a fair report about security operations and the risks involved in the lives of media personnel." -- Emanuel Gross, University of HaifaTable of ContentsTable of ContentsPART I: IntroductionCounter-terrorism Laws in the International frame: Uncertain Times for Freedom of Expression Téwodros Workneh & Paul Haridakis PART II: The Politics and Discourse of Counterterrorism Laws 2. Schizorevolutions versus Microfascisms: The Fear of Anarchy in State SecuritizationAthina Karatzogianni & Andrew Robinson3. Parliamentary Discussion of Counter-terrorism in Portugal: Discourses on the Right and on the LeftEunice Castro Seixas4. Anti-terrorism Regulations and Freedom of Speech in SpainIsabel Serrano Maillo5. Counter-terrorism Gone Digital: Framing Cybercrime in Turkey Nazli Bülay Doğan6. Chinese-Speaking Netizens’ Comments on VOA’s Coverage of China’s Counter-Terrorism Laws and Freedom of SpeechWei Sun7. Terrorism and Counter-terrorism legislation in BrazilDaniel Oppermann8. How 9/11 Changed America and How We (can) Talk about It: Torture and the Guantanamo Military CommissionsRita Radostitz PART III: Counter-Terrorism Laws and Journalistic Practice 9. Journalism on Ice—National Security Laws and The Chilling Effect in Australian Journalism Richard Murray, Rebecca Ananian-Welsh & Peter Greste10. Anti-terrorism Regulation and Journalism Practice in Uganda Florence Namasinga Selnes11. Between Voice and Silence: India’s Counter-terrorism Laws and Self-Censorship of Journalists in the Kashmir Conflict Mohammad Imran Parray12. Investigative Journalism and Counter-terrorism Law in CameroonNgangum Peter TiakoPART IV: Counter-Terrorism Laws and Citizen Expression 13. Peru’s Counter-Terrorism Law in Post-Conflict TimesGabriela Martínez14. Extremism: Russia’s Crackdown on Free Speech and Religious Freedom in the Name of National Security Daniel Ortner15. Confronting “The Other”: Internal Constraints on Freedom of Speech to Combat Perceived External ThreatsPaul Haridakis16. Terrorism Law System in Algeria: To Serve and Protect or to Control and Oppress?Francesco Tamburini17. Counter-terrorism and Freedom of Speech in Ethiopia: The EPRDF YearsTéwodros Workneh18. Instrument to Rule? Examining the Impact of Bangladesh’s Counter-terrorism Laws on Freedom of ExpressionShudipta Sharma PART V: Epilogue 19. Epilogue: Insights and Lessons Learned or ConfirmedPaul Haridakis & Téwodros Workneh
£32.40
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Media Freedom in the Age of Citizen Journalism
Book SynopsisThis timely book explores how the internet and social media have permanently altered the media landscape, enabling new actors to enter the marketplace and changing the way that news is generated, published and consumed. It examines the importance of citizen journalists, whose newsgathering and publication activities have made them crucial to public discourse and central actors in the communication revolution. Investigating how the internet and social media have enabled citizen journalism to flourish, and what this means for the traditional institutional press, the public sphere, and media freedom, the book demonstrates how communication and legal theory are applied in practice.Peter Coe advances a concept of ‘media as a constitutional component’, which distinguishes media from non-media actors based on the functions they perform, rather than institutional status, and uses this to provide a conceptual framework that recognises modern newsgathering and publication methods. This interdisciplinary book analyses the legal challenges created across a range of topical issues, including online anonymity and pseudonymity, defamation, privacy and public interest, contempt of court and press regulation.Media Freedom in the Age of Citizen Journalism will be a key resource for students, scholars, practitioners and policy-makers of information and media law, constitutional administrative law, communication and media studies, journalism and philosophy.Trade Review‘Concerns about media freedom are growing at the same time as non-institutional media become more important. This insightful and thoughtful book explores the concept of media freedom, its rationale and its justifications and provides an account of it which integrates citizen journalism. It is an important contribution to the scholarship on the concept of media freedom.’ -- David Rolph, The University of Sydney, Australia‘Media law and free speech scholars usually talk either about the fundamental issues of media freedom or the challenges posed by new technology. This volume deals with both. Coe’s book not only shakes the “dead dogmas” (to quote John Stuart Mill) of the legal notion of media freedom, but also shows how these doctrines need to be re-interpreted for the 21st Century.’ -- András Koltay, University of Public Service and Pázmány Péter Catholic University, HungaryTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction PART I THE MODERN MEDIA LANDSCAPE 2. A shackled institution: is the notion of the ‘free press’ a fallacy? 3. The internet, social media, and citizen journalism PART II THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS 4. Unpacking media freedom as a distinct legal concept 5. The media-as-a-constitutional-component concept: a new theoretical foundation for media freedom 6. What the media-as-a-constitutional-component concept means for media freedom PART III LEGAL CHALLENGES 7. Anonymous and pseudonymous speech 8. Contempt of court and defamation 9. Reimaging regulation Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Legal Aspects of Shaming: An Ancient Sanction
Book SynopsisOffering an original legal definition of shaming, this incisive book argues for greater attention to shaming by legal scholars and practitioners. Suggesting nuanced procedures to regulate shaming in diverse areas of law, it seeks to make shaming by legal entities legitimate and effective, and to use legal mechanisms to limit inappropriate shaming.This book presents conceptual, normative, and descriptive insights of shaming by individuals, groups, and the state. Defining shaming as the deliberate dissemination of information likely to harm the reputation of whomever is shamed, chapters consider the historical, philosophical, sociological, economic, political, cultural, and legal aspects of shaming. The book offers novel insights into when and how shaming can be utilized by the law, for example by judges and environmental corporate regulators, and when shaming impedes justice, such as in family disputes, tax tribunals, and on social media.Advancing recent public debates, this book will be a fascinating read for legal scholars and students interested in the definition and regulation of shaming. It will also be an invaluable guide for legal practitioners seeking to understand what role shaming can legitimately play in their field.Trade Review‘The days of the Scarlet Letter may be over but shaming has been modernized and weaponized in a variety of ways, including on social media. But this is not a collection of anecdotes about the victims of digital shaming. This is an important collection that acknowledges shaming as a serious point of academic inquiry. It is a rich and refreshing look at shaming from multiple perspectives that explores many pitfalls but also the many promises of modern shaming punishments, including how shaming has been used in regulating large companies.’ -- Jennifer Jacquet, New York University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface xi PART I WHAT IS SHAMING? DEFINING THE CONCEPT AND ITS LIMITS 1 Introduction: Shaming – Definition, Historical Origins and Contemporary Proliferation of an Elusive Concept 2 Meital Pinto and Guy Seidman 2 Shaming: Should Law Treat it as the Staining of Honor, or as an Offense to Human Dignity and Respect? 28 Orit Kamir 3 Internal Cultural Outcasting as a Means of Enforcing Cultural Norms 56 Gershon Gontovnik PART II SHAMING AND REPUTATION 4 When Does Corporate Shaming Translate into Reputational Fallouts? 79 Roy Shapira 5 Sharing “Bad Shaming” on Social Networks 101 Michal Lavi PART III SHAMING FROM THE LEGAL PROCESS PERSPECTIVE 6 The Process is the Shaming: Criminal Procedure vs. Human Dignity 129 Asaf Harduf 7 Judicial Shaming 151 Guy Seidman and Matan Szatmary 8 Shaming in Family Disputes Terminating in Divorce: Exploiting Parental Alienation 174 Daniella Assaraf PART IV REGULATORY SHAMING 9 Shaming and the Environmental Arena 200 Shirley Naveh 10 Government Regulation by Eco-Shaming Corporations: Balancing Effectiveness and Fairness 225 Sharon Yadin 11 Shaming by Bank Regulators: Methods and Applications 249 Ruth Plato-Shinar 12 Shaming Under the Cover of Tax Law in Anglo-American Jurisdictions 272 Limor Riza Index 294
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Duncker & Humblot Die Medienvielfalt ALS Aspekt Der Wertesicherung
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Duncker & Humblot Staatliche Verantwortung Fur Diskursive
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Amsterdam University Press Freedom of the Press in China: A Conceptual
Book SynopsisWestern commentators have often criticized the state of press freedom in China, arguing that individual speech still suffers from arbitrary restrictions and that its mass media remains under an authoritarian mode. Yet the history of press freedom in the Chinese context has received little examination. Unlike conventional historical accounts which narrate the institutional development of censorship and people’s resistance to arbitrary repression, Freedom of the Press in China: A Conceptual History, 1831-1949 is the first comprehensive study presenting the intellectual trajectory of press freedom. It sheds light on the transcultural transference and localization of the concept in modern Chinese history, spanning from its initial introduction in 1831 to the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. By examining intellectuals’ thoughts, common people’s attitudes, and official opinions, along with the social-cultural factors that were involved in negotiating Chinese interpretations and practices in history, this book uncovers the dynamic and changing meanings of press freedom in modern China.Trade ReviewYi Guo wins the 2020 Chinese Journalism and Mass Communication Association Award, awarded by the Chinese Association for History of Journalism and Mass Communication! Read the full article. "Yi Guo’s Freedom of the Press in China: A Conceptual History, 1831-1949 is a timely contribution that enhances our understanding of freedom of speech and the press, providing a historical dimension and cultural specificity, namely, China in the first half of the 20th century. [...] The book is a well-researched scholarly work and will appeal to anyone – particularly advanced undergraduate and graduate students – interested in the history of journalism and publishing, intellectual history and social history in modern China."- Qiliang He, The China Quarterly, 245, March 2021Table of ContentsNotes on the Text Acknowledgement Foreword Introduction 1. The Enlightenment of the West China in a Transitional Period The Earliest Writings on Press Freedom Writings of Western Protestant Missionaries Writings of Chinese Students in the West Writings of Chinese Envoys List of Works Cited 2. Chuban Ziyou: The Invention of a Neologism Liang Qichao and the Birth of Chuban Ziyou Chinese Students in Japan and Their Introductions to Press Freedom The Problematic Origins of Chinese Press Freedom List of Works Cited 3. The Liminal Landscape The Pragmatic View Press Freedom as a Civil Right List of Works Cited 4. The Intellectual Legacy of Sun Yat-sen The New Era Sun Yat-sen's Anti-Liberal Thoughts Sun Yat-sen Worship The San-min Doctrine of Journalism Theory List of Works Cited 5. The Empty Phrase and the Popular Ignorance Press Freedom in Constitutional Documents Press Freedom in School Textbooks Violent Mobs and Ignored Freedom List of Works Cited 6. Conceptual Debates in the 1920s and 1930s Minquan (People's Rights) or Human Rights Press Freedom versus Press Control List of Works Cited 7. The Last Call for Press Freedom The Constitutional Movement and Democrats' Propositions The Movement for Freedom of Information The Fear of Communist Publications List of Works Cited Conclusion List of Works Cited Bibliography Index
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