legal restrictions on freedom of speech in liberal democracies /
Ian Cram
Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
c2006
233 p. ;
25 cm
Applied legal philosophy series
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-227) and index
Current controversies in freedom of expression -- Rights-based judicial review, constitutional cultures and expressive freedom -- Political expression: political parties, voters and candidates -- Comparative constitutional issues arising from the regulation of election campaign finance -- Wounding words: the constitutional challenge posed by hate speech in modern liberal democracies -- Sexually explicit expression and the courts -- Advertising, autonomy and proportionality: constitutional arguments surrounding the regulation of commercial expression -- Conclusion: protecting expression as a constitutional value