Freedom of speech abridged?
Subtitle: cultural, legal and philosophical challenges
By: Anine Kierulf & Helge Rønning (eds.).
Contributors: Global Forum on Freedom of Expression (2009 : Oslo, Norway)
Publisher: Nordicom
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Göteborg, Sweden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9789189471764
Subjects: Freedom of expression; Congresses
Notes: "The book is published in conjunction with the Global Forum on Freedom of Expression, 1st-6th June 2009, at the House of Literature in Oslo, Norway"--P. 8.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The contemporary challenge to the concept of the universal human rights and freedom of expression  -- Helge Rønning; title: What is the value of freedom of speech?  -- Ulf Petäjä; title: Freedom of expression and freedom of discourse. Examining a justificatory strategy  -- Cathrine Holst & Anders Molander; title: International challenges to national law. Media free speech in Norway  -- Anine Kierulf; title: The right to privacy and public figures. On the limits to freedom of expression  -- Oluf Jørgensen; title: Freedom of expression in Sweden. The rule of formalism  -- Thomas Bull; title: Anti-terror surveillance and freedom of expression  -- Joakim Hammerlin; title: Twenty years on. The lessons of the fatwa against The satanic verses  -- Arne Ruth; title: Internet-a challenge to Arab regimes' control of information. Yemen as a case study  -- Walid Al-Saqaf; title: Pressure on press freedom. The current religious war on freedom of expression  -- Frederik Stjernfelt; title: Lessons on being drawn in. On global free speech, communication theory and the Mohammed cartoons -- Risto Kunelius.