Positive Free Speech: Rationales, Methods and Implications

Freedom of expression is generally analysed as a bare liberty against restraint by state action. Underpinning rationales for freedom of speech very often imply, however, that the concept also has important positive aspects, and that to be truly 'democratic' the modern polity requires more than negative freedom. In contemporary conditions, this understanding of free speech raises matters such as media diversity or pluralism, the concept of voice...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509908293
• ISBN13: 9781509908295
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"