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Hate Speech Debate Has Roots In Us History, Rodney A. Smolla
Hate Speech Debate Has Roots In Us History, Rodney A. Smolla
Rod Smolla
No abstract provided.
Hate Speech And The First Amendment, Alan E. Garfield
Hate Speech And The First Amendment, Alan E. Garfield
Alan E Garfield
No abstract provided.
This Is Why We Protect Hate Speech, Alan E. Garfield
This Is Why We Protect Hate Speech, Alan E. Garfield
Alan E Garfield
Racist Speech, Outsider Jurisprudence, And The Meaning Of America, Steven H. Shiffrin
Racist Speech, Outsider Jurisprudence, And The Meaning Of America, Steven H. Shiffrin
Steven H. Shiffrin
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Restricting Hate Speech Against Private Figures: Lessons In Power-Based Censorship From Defamation Law, Victor C. Romero
Restricting Hate Speech Against Private Figures: Lessons In Power-Based Censorship From Defamation Law, Victor C. Romero
Victor C. Romero
This article examines the debate between those who favor greater protection for minorities vulnerable to hate speech and First Amendment absolutists who are skeptical of any burdens on pure speech. The author also provides another perspective on the debate by highlighting the "public/private figure" distinction as an area within First Amendment law that acknowledges differences in power, a construct anti-hate speech advocates should use to further their cause. Specifically, the author places the "public/private figure" division in a theoretical and historical context and then provides empirical support for the thesis that whites enjoy a more prominent societal role and greater …
Globally Speaking - Honoring The Victims' Stories: Matsuda's Human Rights Praxis, Berta E. Hernández-Truyol
Globally Speaking - Honoring The Victims' Stories: Matsuda's Human Rights Praxis, Berta E. Hernández-Truyol
Berta E. Hernández-Truyol
Globally speaking, international law and the vast majority of domestic legal systems strive to protect the right to freedom of expression. The United States’ First Amendment provides an early historical protection of speech—a safeguard now embraced around the world. The extent of this protection, however, varies among states. The United States stands alone in excluding countervailing considerations of equality, dignitary, or privacy interests that would favor restrictions on speech. The gravamen of the argument supporting such American exceptionalism is that free expression is necessary in a democracy. Totalitarianism, the libertarian narrative goes, thrives on government control of information to the …