Positive Free Speech: Rationales, Methods and Implications

Author:   Professor Andrew T Kenyon (University of Melbourne, Australia) ,  Dr Andrew Scott (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781509943906


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   25 November 2021
Format:   Paperback
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Positive Free Speech: Rationales, Methods and Implications


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Freedom of expression is generally analysed as a bare liberty against restraint by state action. Underpinning rationales for freedom of speech very often imply, however, that the concept also has important positive aspects, and that to be truly ‘democratic’ the modern polity requires more than negative freedom. In contemporary conditions, this understanding of free speech raises matters such as media diversity or pluralism, the concept of voice and access to the public sphere, access to information, and the need to rethink the audience in relation to public speech. Whether securing positive free speech is a matter of politics or of law, a task for legislatures or for courts, is an open question. On one level, any programme of inculcating positive dimensions of free speech might be understood as inherently polycentric and hence political in character. Yet, a number of jurisdictions evince enhanced legal recognition for the principle. The aim of this collection of papers is to interrogate the rationales of positive free speech, to consider the political and juridical methods by which it has or may be more fully reflected in the modern state, and to consider the range of practical contexts in which its valorisation has or would have significant implications. The contributors are drawn from an array of European and international jurisdictions. They include academic lawyers and communications researchers

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Author:   Professor Andrew T Kenyon (University of Melbourne, Australia) ,  Dr Andrew Scott (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
Weight:   0.349kg
ISBN:  

9781509943906


ISBN 10:   1509943900
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   25 November 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Complicating Freedom: Investigating Positive Free Speech Andrew T Kenyon 2. Providing a Platform for Speech: Possible Duties and Responsibilities Thomas Gibbons 3. Positive Protection for Speech and Substantive Political Equality Jacob Rowbottom 4. The Access to Information Dimension of Positive Free Speech Andrew Scott and Abbey Burke 5. Promoting Civic Discourse: A Form of Positive Free Speech under the Constitution of Ireland? Eoin Carolan 6. The State of Affairs of Freedom: Implications of German Broadcasting Freedom Andrew T Kenyon 7. The Collective Speech Rights of Minorities Sally Broughton Micova 8. The Positive Right to Freedom of Expression and Party Anonymity in Legal Proceedings Merris Amos 9. Positive Free Speech and Public Access to Courts Judith Townend 10. Hiding the Truth in the Shadow of the Law? Addressing the Misuse of Confidentiality Clauses in Public Authority Contracts Andrew Scott 11. Speaking and Governing through Freedom of Access to Environmental Information Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay and Laura Maxim

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Andrew T Kenyon is Professor of Law in the Melbourne Law School and a member of its Centre for Media and Communications Law. Andrew Scott is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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