Contested words : legal restrictions on freedom of speech in liberal democracies / Ian Cram.

Aldershot, Hampshire : Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2006.

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Freedom of expression.

Freedom speech.

Constitutional law -- Philosophy.

1. Current controversies in freedom of expression

2. Rights-based judicial review, constitutional cultures and expressive freedom

3. Political expression: political parties, voters and candidates

4. Comparative constitutional issues arising from the regulation of election campaign finance

5. Wounding words: the constitutional challenge posed by hate speech in modern liberal democracies

6. Sexually explicit expression and the courts

7. Advertising, autonomy and proportionality: constitutional arguments surrounding the regulation of commercial expression

8. Conclusion: protecting expression as a constitutional value.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

0754623653

vii, 233 p.