Hate : why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship /
"We live in an era in which offensive speech is on the rise. The emergence of the alt-right alone has fueled a marked increase in racist and anti-Semitic speech. Given its potential for harm, should this speech be banned? Nadine Strossen's HATE dispels the many misunderstandings that have...
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Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2018
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Series: | Inalienable rights series
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Overview
- 2. "Hate speech" laws violate fundamental free speech and equality principles
- 3. When "hate speech" is protected and when it is punishable
- 4. Because of their intractable vagueness and overbreadth, "hate speech" laws undermine free speech and equality
- 5. Is it possible to draft a "hate speech" law that is not unduly vague or overbroad?
- 6. Does constitutionally protected "hate speech" actually cause the feared harms?
- 7. "Hate speech" laws are at best ineffective and at worst counterproductive
- 8. Non-censorial methods effectively curb the potential harms of constitutionally protected "hate speech"
- 9. Conclusion: looking back
- and forward