Hate Speech, Dignity, and the Westboro Baptist Church
By: Lola DiNizio
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 2017
Place of publication: [New York, N.Y.?]
Language: eng
Description: This thesis analyzes America’s approach to free speech and hate speech in comparison to international law. Focusing on 2011 Supreme Court case Snyder v. Phelps, I will discuss how the court’s approach to expression fails to comply with standard human rights norms. I will compare domestic and international approaches to hate speech, as well the harms of such expression to dignity. Additionally, I will trace the history of the Westboro Baptist Church, American definitions of hate speech, and the development of international law approaches to expression.
Notes: Department: Institute for the Study of Human Rights.

Thesis advisor: Anya M. Schiffrin.

Thesis (M.A.)--Columbia University, 2017.