Free expression
Subtitle: essays in law and philosophy
By: [edited by] W.J. Waluchow.
Contributors: Waluchow, Wilfrid J.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Freedom of speech -- Canada -- Congresses.; Freedom of the press -- Canada -- Congresses.; Freedom of speech -- Congresses.; Freedom of the press -- Congresses.
Description: This is a collection of essays based on papers read at a conference on freedom of expression held at McMaster University in May, 1990. Its contributors are philosophers and lawyers, each of whom brings his unique perspective to bear on issues surrounding the justification of free expression and the bases, both legal and moral, for restricting or broadening its scope.

Joseph Magnet, Wayne Sumner and James Weinstein discuss legal attempts in America and Canada to restrict hate literature, while David Richards brings a specifically American perspective to wider issues of free speech. Joseph Raz and Jan Narveson attempt to ground their theories of free speech in a wider political theory, while Green and Shiner discuss more specific aspects of free expression, namely, the freedom to express oneself in the language of one's choice and freedom of commercial expression.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The essays included in this collection were first presented at a conference entitled Freedom of Expression held at McMaster University in May of 1990"--P. viii.