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| General Introduction: Free Speech, Democracy, and the Suppression of Extreme Speech Past and Present |
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1 | (10) |
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1 The Enduring yet Troubled Marriage of Free Speech and Democracy |
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2 Is there a Lesson in this History? |
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PART I INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND |
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1 Freedom of Speech in a Globalized World |
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11 | (12) |
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1 The Meaning of Freedom of Speech |
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11 | (6) |
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11 | (3) |
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14 | (3) |
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2 Freedom of Speech Under Globalized Conditions |
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17 | (6) |
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i Protecting Religion from Speech? |
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17 | (2) |
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ii More Uniformity of Speech-Related Law? |
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19 | (4) |
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2 Extreme Speech, Public Order, and Democracy: Lessons from The Masses |
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23 | (39) |
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23 | (2) |
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2 The Core Free Speech Right of Democratic Participation |
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25 | (5) |
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26 | (1) |
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ii The Individual Right of Political Participation |
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27 | (2) |
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29 | (1) |
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3 Breaching the Core: Hammond v. DPP |
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30 | (10) |
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i Facts and Divisional Court Decision |
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30 | (2) |
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ii Identifying the Core Breach |
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32 | (1) |
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iii A Countervailing Right Not to be Insulted? |
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33 | (2) |
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iv Distinguishing Public Discourse from Personal Abuse |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (3) |
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4 Object Lessons from the US |
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40 | (4) |
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5 Another Core Breach?: Norwood v. DPP |
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44 | (8) |
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i Facts and Divisional Court Decision |
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44 | (3) |
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ii Excluding Anti-Democratic Speech from Public Discourse |
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47 | (3) |
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iii The Perils of Interpreting Ambiguous Political Rhetoric |
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50 | (2) |
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6 Speech at the Periphery of the Core and the Strategy of Overprotection |
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52 | (8) |
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53 | (1) |
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ii Advocacy of Law Violation |
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53 | (2) |
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iii Expression Offending Civility Norms |
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55 | (3) |
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58 | (2) |
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60 | (2) |
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3 Extreme Speech Under International and Regional Human Rights Standards |
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62 | (19) |
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1 The History and Structure of International and Regional Human Rights Instruments |
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62 | (7) |
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i International Human Rights Instruments |
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63 | (2) |
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ii Regional Human Rights Instruments |
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65 | (4) |
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69 | (5) |
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i Freedom of Expression Under the ICCPR |
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69 | (3) |
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ii Freedom of Expression Under Regional Human Rights Instruments |
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72 | (2) |
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3 The Effectiveness of International and Regional Human Rights Instruments in Protecting Extreme Speech |
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74 | (5) |
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79 | (2) |
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4 An Overview of American Free Speech Doctrine and its Application to Extreme Speech |
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81 | (11) |
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1 The Rule against Content Discrimination |
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81 | (3) |
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2 The Rule against Content Discrimination and its Application to Extreme Speech |
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84 | (6) |
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84 | (4) |
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ii Incitement to terrorism, Holocaust denial, and other forms of extreme speech |
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88 | (2) |
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3 Methodological Differences |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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5 Hate Speech in the United Kingdom: An Historical Overview |
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92 | (4) |
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6 Extreme Speech and Liberalism |
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96 | (27) |
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96 | (1) |
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2 `Who are the Extremists?' |
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97 | (2) |
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3 Legal and Non-Legal Responses to Extreme Speech |
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99 | (8) |
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i Criminalizing Extreme Speech: The Limits of Legal Regulation |
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99 | (6) |
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ii Non-Legal Responses to Hate Speech: Cultural Policy and Media Regulation |
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105 | (2) |
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4 Engaging with Extremists |
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107 | (13) |
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i Liberal Democracy as a `Rational Liberal Consensus': Containing Doctrines that Are `Irrational, Unreasonable, and Mad' |
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107 | (2) |
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ii Agonistic Respect: Creating Political Space for the Extremists |
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109 | (2) |
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iii `Discourse Ethics': What Are the Rules of the Game When `Engaging with Extremists'? |
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111 | (2) |
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iv Engaging with the `Extremists' |
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113 | (2) |
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v Applying the `Rules of the Game' to Extremists: Classification, Protection, and Critique |
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115 | (2) |
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vi Internal and External Critique of Extremists |
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117 | (1) |
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vii The Limits of Democratic Discourse |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (3) |
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123 | (16) |
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8 Autonomy and Hate Speech |
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139 | (19) |
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139 | (3) |
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2 Speaker Autonomy and State Legitimacy |
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142 | (4) |
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3 Objections and a Pragmatic Reply |
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146 | (4) |
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4 The Evils Restrictions May Cause |
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150 | (5) |
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5 Conclusion: Democracy's Necessary Faith in People |
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155 | (3) |
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9 Hate Speech, Public Discourse, and the First Amendment |
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158 | (24) |
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1 The Foundations and Limits of the First Amendment Freedom of Expression |
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159 | (6) |
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2 Should Public Hate Speech be Protected by the First Amendment? |
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165 | (16) |
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i The Impact of Public Hate Speech on Other Rights |
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165 | (4) |
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ii Should Public Hate Speech be Protected Because of Its Political Character? |
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169 | (8) |
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iii Refining the Rights-Based Analysis of Public Hate Speech |
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177 | (4) |
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181 | (1) |
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10 Wild-West Cowboys versus Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys: Some Problems in Comparative Approaches to Hate Speech |
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182 | (22) |
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182 | (2) |
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2 The Locus of Comparison |
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184 | (3) |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (1) |
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5 Realism and Essentialism |
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190 | (6) |
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6 Formal and Substantive Freedoms: An Age-Old Dilemma |
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196 | (4) |
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200 | (3) |
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203 | (1) |
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11 Incitement and the Regulation of Hate Speech in Canada: A Philosophical Analysis |
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204 | (17) |
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204 | (3) |
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2 The Harms of Hate Speech |
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207 | (5) |
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212 | (7) |
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219 | (2) |
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12 Hate Speech, Extreme Speech, and Collective Defamation in French Law |
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221 | (16) |
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1 Systematic Control of Hate Speech and Extreme Speech |
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222 | (7) |
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223 | (4) |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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2 A Particular Rigour for Certain Types of Speech |
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229 | (8) |
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i Overview of Collective Defamations |
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229 | (2) |
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ii Religious Abuse and Defamation |
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231 | (3) |
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iii Racial Abuse and Defamation |
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234 | (3) |
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13 Towards Improved Law and Policy on `Hate Speech'---The "Clear and Present Danger' Test in Hungary |
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237 | (28) |
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237 | (2) |
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2 The Social Context of `Hate Speech' in Hungary |
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239 | (8) |
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3 The Application of the `Clear and Present Danger Test' in Hungary |
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247 | (16) |
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i The `Hate Speech' Decisions of the Hungarian Constitutional Court |
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247 | (10) |
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ii The Hegedus Jr. Case and Its Aftermath: The Failure Properly to Apply the Test |
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257 | (4) |
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iii The Prohibition of the Public Display of Certain Totalitarian Symbols |
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261 | (2) |
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263 | (2) |
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14 Cumulative Jurisprudence and Hate Speech: Sexual Orientation and Analogies to Disability, Age, and Obesity |
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265 | (24) |
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265 | (1) |
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2 Sexual Minorities and Cumulative Jurisprudence |
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266 | (6) |
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3 Cumulative or Contradictory? |
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272 | (8) |
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4 Some Objections and Replies |
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280 | (4) |
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284 | (5) |
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PART III INCITEMENT TO RELIGIOUS HATRED AND RELATED TOPICS |
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15 Blasphemy and Incitement to Religious Hatred: Free Speech Dogma and Doctrine |
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289 | (22) |
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1 The Historical Relationship between Speech and the Protection of Religion: Blasphemy |
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289 | (4) |
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2 Legislating Against Hate and the Repeal of the Law of Blasphemy |
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293 | (7) |
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i Incitement to Religious Hatred |
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294 | (2) |
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ii Repeal of the Law of Blasphemy |
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296 | (4) |
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3 Free Speech Principle and the Protection of Religious Sensibilities |
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300 | (10) |
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301 | (4) |
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ii Incitement to Religious Hatred |
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305 | (5) |
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310 | (1) |
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16 The Danish Cartoons, Offensive Expression, and Democratic Legitimacy |
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311 | (20) |
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311 | (3) |
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2 Offensive Expression in European Convention Jurisprudence---Handyside Rhetoric and Reality |
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314 | (3) |
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3 The Margin of Appreciation and the Absence of Consensus |
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317 | (2) |
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4 A `Right' to be Protected from Offensive Expression? |
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319 | (2) |
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5 Offence as a Contents-Based Ground for Restricting Expression |
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321 | (2) |
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6 Expression about Islam as `Political Speech' |
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323 | (2) |
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7 The Problem of Gratuitously Insulting or Gratuitously Offensive Speech |
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325 | (2) |
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8 Putting the Breaks on Offensive Expression: Tipping Points and the Concept of Democratic Legitimacy |
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327 | (4) |
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17 Criminalizing Religiously Offensive Satire: Free Speech, Human Dignity, and Comparative Law |
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331 | (26) |
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331 | (1) |
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332 | (1) |
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3 Offensive Speech: Diverging Normative Justifications |
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333 | (4) |
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4 Offensive Speech: Is Religion Normatively Special? |
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337 | (3) |
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5 Citizens, State, and Speech |
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340 | (2) |
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6 The Cultural Significance of Speech |
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342 | (3) |
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7 Legal Cultures---Balancing Words |
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345 | (3) |
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8 Beyond Differences: The Doctrine of Fighting Words |
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348 | (2) |
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9 Some Heretical Reflections on Speech Theory and the Role of Passion |
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350 | (2) |
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352 | (5) |
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PART IV RELIGIOUS SPEECH AND EXPRESSIVE CONDUCT THAT OFFEND SECULAR VALUES |
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18 Religious Speech that Undermines Gender Equality |
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357 | (18) |
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357 | (1) |
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2 Religious Speech that Offends against Gender Equality |
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358 | (4) |
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i Construction of Gendered Hierarchies |
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359 | (1) |
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ii Incitement or Condoning of Violence against Women |
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360 | (2) |
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362 | (6) |
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363 | (1) |
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364 | (4) |
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4 Empowering Religious Women's Speech |
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368 | (5) |
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i The Importance of Religious Women's Speech |
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368 | (2) |
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ii Practical Strategies for Empowering Religious Women's Speech |
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370 | (3) |
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373 | (2) |
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19 Homophobic Speech, Equality Denial, and Religious Expression |
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375 | (25) |
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375 | (4) |
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2 Laws Prohibiting Homophobic Expression |
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379 | (1) |
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3 International Responses |
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380 | (1) |
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381 | (7) |
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5 The Status of Religiously-Motivated Speech |
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388 | (5) |
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388 | (3) |
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391 | (2) |
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6 Adjudicating Rights Conflicts |
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393 | (5) |
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398 | (2) |
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20 Extreme Religious Dress: Perspectives on Veiling Controversies |
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400 | (30) |
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400 | (1) |
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2 Speech and Religious Dress |
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401 | (1) |
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3 Human Rights Perspectives |
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402 | (9) |
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i Individual Applications to National Courts |
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402 | (1) |
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ii Individual Applications to International Human Rights Bodies |
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403 | (2) |
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iii Individual and Group Identities and Rights |
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405 | (1) |
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iv Minority Rights and Cultural Rights |
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406 | (1) |
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v The Right to Freedom of Religion |
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407 | (1) |
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vi Negative and Positive Aspects of a Human Right |
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408 | (1) |
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vii The Human Rights Context of Church--State Relations under the ECHR |
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409 | (1) |
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viii Limitations on Religious Freedoms on the Basis of the `protection of public order' and the `protection of the rights and freedoms of others' |
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410 | (1) |
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411 | (5) |
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411 | (3) |
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ii Teachers' Rights and Children's Rights |
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414 | (2) |
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416 | (1) |
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416 | (8) |
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i Religious Discrimination and Islamophobia |
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416 | (2) |
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ii Religious Discrimination and the European Union |
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418 | (1) |
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iii Racial Discrimination |
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419 | (1) |
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iv Gender Discrimination and Feminist Perspectives |
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420 | (4) |
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v Intersecting Discrimination |
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424 | (1) |
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424 | (3) |
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7 Explaining Differential Human Rights Outcomes: The Margin of Appreciation |
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427 | (1) |
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8 Locating the Debates on Religious Dress |
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427 | (3) |
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21 Endorsing Discrimination Between Faiths: A Case of Extreme Speech? |
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430 | (15) |
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1 Legitimate, if not Necessary, School Ban on a Garment |
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430 | (3) |
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2 Necessary State Ban on a Party and Government |
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433 | (4) |
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3 A Certain Religion's Unacceptable Political Purposes |
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437 | (2) |
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4 Applying the Findings: Extreme Speech or Belated Warning? |
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439 | (6) |
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PART V INCITEMENT TO, AND GLORIFICATION OF, TERRORISM |
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22 Incitement to, and Glorification of, Terrorism |
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445 | (18) |
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445 | (1) |
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446 | (1) |
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3 The Encouragement of Terrorism and Freedom of Speech |
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447 | (2) |
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449 | (2) |
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5 A Speaker's Right to Encourage Terrorism? |
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451 | (1) |
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452 | (2) |
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454 | (5) |
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i The Words Used by the Speaker or Writer |
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455 | (1) |
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ii Advocacy Directed to Inciting or Producing Unlawful Action |
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456 | (1) |
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iii The Requirement of Imminent Unlawful Action |
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457 | (1) |
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iv Likely to Incite or Produce Unlawful Action |
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458 | (1) |
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8 The Brandenburg Principle Inapplicable to Threats and Conspiracy |
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459 | (2) |
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9 The Relevance of Terrorism |
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461 | (2) |
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23 The Terrorism Act 2006: Discouraging Terrorism |
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463 | (25) |
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463 | (2) |
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465 | (1) |
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466 | (7) |
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4 The Radicalization Process |
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473 | (8) |
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5 The Counterproductive Potential of Counterterrorism Laws |
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481 | (5) |
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486 | (2) |
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24 Radical Religious Speech: The Ingredients of a Binary World View |
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488 | (23) |
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1 Introduction: The Shaping Power of Language |
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488 | (1) |
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2 Structural Features of Islamist Radical Religious Discourse |
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489 | (11) |
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489 | (3) |
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492 | (3) |
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iii Propositional, Word-Based Processing |
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495 | (1) |
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496 | (1) |
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497 | (1) |
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498 | (1) |
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vii The Myth of Pure Evil |
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499 | (1) |
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3 The Appeal of Islamist Extreme Speech |
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500 | (4) |
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504 | (3) |
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507 | (4) |
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25 `On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Nazi': Some Comparative Legal Aspects of Holocaust Denial on the WWW |
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511 | (27) |
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511 | (3) |
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2 The Context of Holocaust Denial |
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514 | (7) |
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3 YAHOO!, the WWW, and French Legal Regulation of Holocaust Denial |
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521 | (8) |
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4 Canada: Zundel, the Web, and the Success (?) of Law |
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529 | (5) |
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5 Australia, the Law, and Holocaust Denial |
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534 | (2) |
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536 | (2) |
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26 Expanding Holocaust Denial and Legislation Against It |
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538 | (19) |
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1 Holocaust Denial and the Internet |
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539 | (2) |
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2 International Agreements |
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541 | (2) |
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543 | (2) |
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545 | (2) |
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5 The European Common Framework |
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547 | (1) |
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548 | (3) |
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7 The Iranian Government's Initiative |
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551 | (1) |
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552 | (1) |
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553 | (2) |
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10 The Necessity of Holocaust Education |
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555 | (2) |
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27 The Holocaust Denial Decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany |
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557 | (5) |
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28 The Politics of Memory: Bans and Commemorations |
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562 | (21) |
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562 | (4) |
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2 Permanent Elimination of Slavery in 1848 |
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566 | (2) |
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3 Consecration of the Republic |
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568 | (3) |
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4 Commemorations and Bans with Respect to the Genocide of the Jews in Europe |
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571 | (4) |
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575 | (8) |
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PART VII GOVERNMENTAL AND SELF-REGULATION OF THE MEDIA |
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29 Shouting Fire From the Nanny State to the Heckler's Veto: The New Censorship and How to Counter It |
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583 | (15) |
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30 Extreme Speech and American Press Freedoms |
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598 | (10) |
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598 | (2) |
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600 | (1) |
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3 Near, Sullivan, and Brandenburg |
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600 | (3) |
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4 Rhetorical Hyperbole, Vigorous Epithets, and Parody |
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603 | (1) |
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5 Incitement, True Threats, and Fighting Words |
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604 | (1) |
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6 The Marketplace and Evolving Norms of Civility |
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605 | (3) |
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31 Extreme Speech and the Democratic Functions of the Mass Media |
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608 | (23) |
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1 Media Freedom and Democracy |
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609 | (9) |
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610 | (3) |
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ii Diverse Information and Ideas |
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613 | (5) |
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2 Extreme Speech and Media Regulation |
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618 | (11) |
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619 | (7) |
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626 | (3) |
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629 | (2) |
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