The Fall and Rise of Blasphemy Law
Contributors: Herrenberg, Tom; Cliteur, Paul; Herrenberg, Tom
Publisher: Leiden University Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9789087282684
Subjects: Freedom of expression law; Law & society
Description: "This volume centers around two trends that currently influence freedom of expression. The first trend confirms the fact that many Western countries have become, over a long period of time, less strict about sacrilegious expression. In the process, many repealed their blasphemy laws or became less harsh in their punishment of blasphemy, hence “the fall of blasphemy law”. 

The second trend manifests an opposite movement, hence “the rise of blasphemy law”. Over the last decades, namely, Western societies have witnessed multiple attempts to suppress speech that defames religion. To be sure, one particularly vicious way of re-energizing these interdicts against blasphemy has come from radical believers intent upon removing blasphemy from the public domain by violent means. 
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