Religious offence and human rights : the implications of defamation of religions /
Langer, Lorenz, 1975-
Religious offence and human rights : the implications of defamation of religions / Lorenz Langer. - lxii, 419 pages ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law .
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - Rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultat der Universitat Zurich, 2013), under the title: Law, religious offence and human rights : defamation of religions and the rationales of speech regulation.
Includes bibliographical references.
The Danish cartoons revisited -- Legal responses to religious insult -- The current legal framework -- Invention of new alternatives : the concept of defamation of religions before and after the cartoons -- Defining defamation -- First principles : norms and norm-rationales -- Norm-rationales for the regulation of speech -- The religious rationale -- Religion, its defamation, and international law.
9781107039575 RM306.65 1107039576
Hate speech.
Offenses against religion.
Freedom of expression.
Human rights and international law.
Religious offence and human rights : the implications of defamation of religions / Lorenz Langer. - lxii, 419 pages ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law .
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - Rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultat der Universitat Zurich, 2013), under the title: Law, religious offence and human rights : defamation of religions and the rationales of speech regulation.
Includes bibliographical references.
The Danish cartoons revisited -- Legal responses to religious insult -- The current legal framework -- Invention of new alternatives : the concept of defamation of religions before and after the cartoons -- Defining defamation -- First principles : norms and norm-rationales -- Norm-rationales for the regulation of speech -- The religious rationale -- Religion, its defamation, and international law.
9781107039575 RM306.65 1107039576
Hate speech.
Offenses against religion.
Freedom of expression.
Human rights and international law.