Hate speech and freedom of speech in Australia

Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2007.

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Hate speech -- Australia.

Freedom of speech -- Australia.

Human rights -- Australia.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Katharine Gelber

Ann Curthoys

Gail Mason

Adrienne Stone

Lisa Hill

Kate Eastman

Simon Bronitt

Lawrence McNamara

Simon Evans and Carolyn Evans

Luke McNamara. Hate speech and the Australian legal and political landscape / The volatility of racism in Australia / The reconstruction of hate language / How to think about the problem of hate speech: understanding a comparative debate / Parliamentary privilege and homosexual vilification / Problems with evidence in hate speech cases / Hate speech, sedition and the war on terror / Salvation and the state: religious vilification laws and religious speech / Parliamentary deliberation about religious vilification legislation / Does a bill of rights matter? Comparing Australia and New Zealand /

This book examines questions and developments which have arisen from the decision by state parliaments to pass anti-vilification laws, and considers hate speech regulation within a broader human rights framework.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781862876538

xvii, 238 p. ; 21 cm