The Fall and Rise of Blasphemy Law
This collection centers around two trends that currently influence freedom of expression. The first trend confirms the fact that many Western countries have become, over a long period of time, less strict about sacrilegious expression. In the process, many repealed their blasphemy laws or became les...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden
Leiden University Press
2016
Baltimore, Maryland : 2016 |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427450306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Foreword. Blasphemy : a victimless crime or a crime in search of a victim? / Flemming Rose
- 1. General introduction / Paul Cliteur & Tom Herrenberg
- 2. Blasphemy and the law : the fall and rise of a legal non sequitur / David Nash
- 3. The English law of blasphemy : the "melancholy, long, withdrawing roar" / Ivan Hare
- 4. On the life and times of the Dutch blasphemy law (1932-2014) / Paul Cliteur & Tom Herrenberg
- 5. Death of a princess / Paul Cliteur, Laetitia Houben & Michelle Slimmen
- 6. Rushdie's critics / Paul Cliteur & Tom herrenberg
- 7. John stuart mill's "if all mankind minus one" tested in a modern blasphemy case / Paul Cliteur, Tom Herrenberg & Bastiaan Rijpkema
- 8. Religious freedom and blasphemy law in a global context : the concept of religious defamation / Mirjam van Schaik
- 9. Blasphemy, multiculturalism and free speech in modern Britain / Rumy Hasan.
