The First Amendment in cross-cultural perspective
Subtitle: a comparative legal analysis of the freedom of speech
By: Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780814747872
Subjects: United States; Freedom of speech -- Cross-cultural studies; Freedom of speech -- United States
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Comparative law, free speech, and the "central meaning" of the First Amendment; title: Freedom of speech in the United States; title: Free speech in Canada : balancing free speech and a commitment to communitarian values; title: Free speech in Germany : militant democracy and the primacy of dignity as a preferred constitutional value; title: Freedom of speech in Japan : disentangling culture, community, and freedom of expression; title: Freedom of expression in the United Kingdom : free speech and the limits of a written constitution; title: Free speech and the culturally-contingent nature of human rights : some concluding observations.