TY - BOOK AU - Langer,Lorenz TI - Religious offence and human rights: the implications of defamation of religions T2 - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law SN - 9781107039575 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Hate speech KW - Offenses against religion KW - Freedom of expression KW - Human rights and international law N1 - 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 ER -