Importing the first amendment
Subtitle: freedom of expression in American, English and European law
By: edited by Ian Loveland.
Contributors: Loveland, Ian.
Publisher: Hart Pub.; Distributed in the United States by Northwestern University Press; Hart Publishing
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; Evanston, Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Freedom of speech -- Great Britain.; Freedom of speech -- European Union countries.; Mass media -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.; Mass media -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries.; Law -- Great Britain -- American influences.
Description: These studies by a group of eminent academics and judges compare the different approaches of the British, European and American courts to the questions of free speech, which lie at the heart of much debate in constitutional law. The authors of these studies adopt opposing views, some favouring the pursuit of a US-inspired approach to protecting free speech, in the belief that the political culture of British society would be enhanced if our courts were to fashion our common law in accordance with many First Amendment principles. Others, more sceptically, reject this embrace of US legal culture, offering distinctly "Ameri-sceptic" views and arguing for a solution based on common law principles and on the jurisprudence of the European courts
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.