Freedom of Speech and Information in Global Perspective
Author:   Pekka Hallberg ,  Janne Virkkunen
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
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9781349949892


Pages:   286
Publication Date:   15 March 2017
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Author:   Pekka Hallberg ,  Janne Virkkunen
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   5.005kg
ISBN:  

9781349949892


ISBN 10:   1349949892
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   15 March 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Introductory Overview of the Subject .- 2. First Notes .- 3. State of Freedom of Speech in the World .- 4. From the Origins of Freedom of Speech to Modern Information Society .- 5. Freedom of Speech in Books and in Action .- 6. Human Rights Obligations - From Ideas to Reality? .- 7. Violations and Threat Scenarios .- 8. Freedom of Speech in the Swirls of the Changing World .- 9. Final Chords.

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Pekka Hallberg (LL.D. and D. Soc. Sc.) is Emeritus President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland (1993-2012). Prior to this function, he has performed law-drafting duties at the Ministry of Justice, worked as a researcher and judge as well as a Professor of Administrative law at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He is the author of numerous titles in the fields of constitutional law, legal remedies, municipal law and environmental law. Janne Virkkunen has worked at Helsingin Sanomat newspaper, Finland, from 1971 and has been the Senior Editor-in Chief from 1991 to 2010. He has actively been working for freedom of speech at the International Press Institute since the late 1980s. His book about his career at Helsingin Sanomat, Päivälehden mies, was published in 2013.

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