1st Edition

Extremism, Free Speech and Counter-Terrorism Law and Policy

Edited By Ian Cram Copyright 2019
228 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited collection addresses a number of free speech vs security concerns that are engaged by counter-terrorism law and policy makers across a number of liberal democracies, and explores the delicate balance between free speech and the censoring of views that promote hatred or clash with fundamental democratic values. It does this by looking at the perspectives and level... Read more

Chapter 1 - Introduction - Ian Cram. Chapter 2 - Countering terrorism through limits on inciteful speech: Principles and problems - Ian Cram. Chapter 3 - Legal v. Non-Legal Responses to Hateful Expression - Nadine Strossen. Chapter 4 - Counter Terrorism Policies and Freedom of Association – International and Comparative Perspectives - Ash Bhagwat. Chapter 5 - University free speech as a space of exception in Prevent? - Andrew Neal. Chapter 6 - Prevent in Schools after the Trojan Horse Affair - Helen Fenwick and Daniel Fenwick. Chapter 7 - Finding the Right Balance in Counter-Extremism: Debates and Policies in the UK and Europe - Emma Webb. Chapter 8 - Bad Law: How the United States Supreme Court Mishandled the Free Speech Issue in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project - James Weinstein & Ash Bhagwat. Chapter 9 - Free speech and counter terrorism in Australia - Keiran Hardy & George Williams. Chapter 10 - Addressing terrorism in New Zealand’s low threat environment – Andrew Geddis & Elana Geddis





Biography

Ian Cram is Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law, School of Law, Leeds University. His research interests include freedom of expression and constitutional reform. His previous publications include Terror and the War on Dissent and Citizen Journalists: Newer Media, Republican Moments and the Constitution.