Is There a Right of Freedom of Expression?
Part of Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
- Author: Larry Alexander, University of San Diego
- Date Published: September 2005
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In this provocative book, Alexander offers a sceptical appraisal of the claim that freedom of expression is a human right. He examines the various contexts in which a right to freedom of expression might be asserted and concludes that such a right cannot be supported in any of these contexts. He argues that some legal protection of freedom of expression is surely valuable, though the form such protection will take will vary with historical and cultural circumstances and is not a matter of human right. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book will appeal to students and professionals in political philosophy, law, political science, and human rights.
Read more- One of the first books to take a sceptical view of freedom of expression as a human right
- Comprehensive treatment of freedom of expression
- Alexander is a well-respected legal theorist
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'… As a work of scholarship in the strict sense, this book is impeccable. Alexander knows the primary legal, secondary legal, and philosophical literatures thoroughly, and deals carefully with the positions and arguments of others. He confronts directly the increasing association of free speech with human rights, and his largely skeptical conclusion is a philosophical breath of fresh air … This book stakes out a strong and novel position and defends it with argumentative rigor and scholarly care.' Frederick Schauer, author of Free Speech: A Philosophical Inquiry
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- Date Published: September 2005
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511128288
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I. Defining Human Rights and Delimiting the Scope of Freedom of Expression:
1. Preliminaries: what is a human right, and what activities implicate freedom of expression?
2. Freedom of expression and regulations that affect messages but are not enacted for that reason
3. The puzzles of governmental purpose
Part II. The Core of Freedom of Expression: Government Regulations and Acts Taken To Affect Messages:
4. The core of freedom of expression: regulations of conduct for the purpose of affecting messages received
5. Track three: Government speech and subsidies of speech
6. Miscellaneous regulations of expression
Part III. Theoretical Perspectives on Freedom of Expression:
7. General justifying theories of freedom of expression
8. The paradoxes of liberalism and the failure of theories justifying a right of freedom of expression
Epilogue:
9. Muddling through: freedom of expression in the absence of a human right.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Theory and practice of toleration
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