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Freedom of Speech in Australian Law - A Delicate Plant

English · Hardback

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List of contents

Contents: Finding free speech in the law; Delicately planted: constitutional freedom for political communication; Privileges and freedoms for defamatory political speech; The money or the truth: reforming defamation law; Racist speech: civil remedies to promote civility; OJ and the dingo: media publicity for criminal cases tried by jury; Who benefits from freedom of speech?; Index.

About the author

Michael Chesterman, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Foreword by The Hon Sir Gerard Brennan, AC, KBE, Formerly Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia

Summary

This title was first published in 2000. In 1992, the High Court of Australia declared that the Australian Constitution contained an implied principle of freedom of political communication. Since then, the concept of free speech and the social and political values underlying it have been topics of special significance for Australian lawyers and legal commentators around the world. Analysis of them is essential to the assessment of restrictions on free speech imposed by Australian law. This book is the first available to address freedom of speech from an Australian perspective. In doing so, it outlines relevant aspects of the rich array of American legal and political principles relating to freedom of speech and examines their applicability in Australia. In addition to constitutional law, the specific areas of Australian law discussed are defamation, racial vilification and contempt of court in its application to media coverage of criminal cases

Product details

Authors CHESTERMAN, Michael Chesterman
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.12.2018
 
EAN 9781138729018
ISBN 978-1-138-72901-8
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography
Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas

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