Yttrandefrihetsrätt

Yttrandefriheten har en unik ställning i den svenska konstitutionen. Två grundlagar, TF och YGL, ger ett detaljerat skydd inte bara för tryck och radio/tv-sändningar utan också för internetbaserade medier. Bägge lagarna har gjorts om 2019. Yttrand...

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I denna bok behandlas den del av yttrandefriheten som berörs av grundlagsskyddet i tryckfrihetsförordningen (TF) och yttrandefrihetsgrundlagen (YGL). TF ger grundläggande skydd åt yttranden i "tryckt skrift". Vid dess tillkomst år 1949 v...

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Yttrandefrihetsgrundlagarna (TF och YGL) utgjorde länge det helt centrala konstitutionella värnet för yttrandefriheten i svensk rätt. Under de tjugofem år som har gått sedan Sverige blev medlem i EU samt inkorporerade Europakonventionen (1995) har...

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Behövs en reglering med särskilt skydd för whistleblowers? Vad skulle den leda till? Susanne Fransson menar att en reglering i första hand skulle bli en kodifiering av gällande praxis. Synen på lojalitetsplikten skulle dock förändras om det blir e...

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This book catalogues and examines the various First Amendment free speech and press controversies that have roiled the Trump presidency. It highlights both what is unique about those controversies, and what is consistent with historical patterns. ...

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Regardless of how the presidency of Donald J. Trump ultimately concludes, a significant part of its legacy will relate to the First Amendment. The president has publicly attacked the institutional press and individual reporters, calling them the &...

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Regardless of how the presidency of Donald J. Trump ultimately concludes, a significant part of its legacy will relate to the First Amendment. The president has publicly attacked the institutional press and individual reporters, calling them the &...

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Most people believe that the right to privacy is inherently at odds with the right to free speech. Courts all over the world have struggled with how to reconcile the problems of media gossip with our commitment to free and open public debate for o...

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The early Supreme Court justices wrestled with how much press and speech is protected by freedoms of press and speech, before and under the First Amendment. This book discusses the Supreme Court justices before John Marshall and their confrontatio...

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The early Supreme Court justices wrestled with how much press and speech is protected by freedoms of press and speech, before and under the First Amendment, and with whether the Sedition Act of 1798 violated those freedoms. This book discusses the...

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The early Supreme Court justices wrestled with how much press and speech is protected by freedoms of press and speech, before and under the First Amendment, and with whether the Sedition Act of 1798 violated those freedoms. This book discusses the...

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How should we think about the problems of privacy and free speech? Neil Richards argues that when privacy and free speech truly conflict, free speech should almost always win, but contends that, contrary to conventional wisdom, speech and privacy ...

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In The Free Speech Century, two of America's leading First Amendment scholars, Geoffrey Stone and Lee Bollinger, have gathered a group of the nation's leading legal scholars (Cass Sunstein, Lawrence Lessig, Laurence Tribe, Kathleen Sullivan, Cathe...

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In The Free Speech Century, two of America's leading First Amendment scholars, Geoffrey Stone and Lee Bollinger, have gathered a group of the nation's leading legal scholars (Cass Sunstein, Lawrence Lessig, Laurence Tribe, Kathleen Sullivan, Cathe...

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The Supreme Court's 1919 decision in Schenck vs. the United States is one of the most important free speech cases in American history. Written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, it is most famous for first invoking the phrase "e;clear and present dange...

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The Supreme Court's 1919 decision in Schenck vs. the United States is one of the most important free speech cases in American history. Written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, it is most famous for first invoking the phrase "e;clear and present dange...

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The Dynamic Free Speech Clause examines the interaction of free speech with other constitutional rights, and looks in-depth at government efforts to regulate the content and manner of speech about constitutional rights. The book also addresses the...

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This collection of thirteen new essays is the first to examine, from a range of disciplinary perspectives, how the new technologies and global reach of the Internet are changing the theory and practice of free speech.

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The Defamation Act constitutes a significant overhaul of UK defamation legislation, which follows years of concern about the detrimental effects that preceeding libel laws had on freedom of expression, and the extent to which the jurisdiction had ...

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The Defamation Act constitutes a significant overhaul of UK defamation legislation, which follows years of concern about the detrimental effects that preceeding libel laws had on freedom of expression, and the extent to which the jurisdiction had ...

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Each state in Europe has its own national laws which affect religion and these are increasingly the subject of political and academic debate. This book provides a detailed comparative introduction to these laws with particular reference to the sta...

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In a comprehensive examination of the constitutional systems of Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore, Po Jen Yap contributes to a field that has traditionally focussed on Western jurisdictions. Drawing on the history and constitutional framework of ...

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In a comprehensive examination of the constitutional systems of Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore, Po Jen Yap contributes to a field that has traditionally focussed on Western jurisdictions. Drawing on the history and constitutional framework of ...

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Religions are a problem for human rights, and human rights are a problem for religions. And both are problems for courts. This book presents an interpretation of how religion and human rights interrelate in the legal context, and how this relation...

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First cumulative supplement to the 3rd Edition now available: http://bit.ly/2t1OxGOThis book provides a detailed survey of the law relating to public interest disclosure. It examines how the system has developed since the coming into force of the ...

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First cumulative supplement to the 3rd Edition now available: http://bit.ly/2t1OxGOThis book provides a detailed survey of the law relating to public interest disclosure. It examines how the system has developed since the coming into force of the ...

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Religions are a problem for human rights, and human rights are a problem for religions. And both are problems for courts. This book presents an interpretation of how religion and human rights interrelate in the legal context, and how this relation...

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Building on the highly-regarded first edition, this is a comprehensive study of the relationship between law and religion in English law. Against a backdrop of an increasingly religiously and culturally diverse country, it represents a vital legal...

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Freedom of speech is central to the liberal democratic tradition. It touches on every aspect of our social and political system and receives explicit and implicit protection in every modern democratic constitution. It is frequently referred to in ...

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