Is there a right of freedom of expression? /

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 arg...

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Main Author: Alexander, Larry, 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Series:Cambridge studies in philosophy and law.
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505 0 |a 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. 
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