1st Edition

Legal Challenges to the Far-Right Lessons from England and Wales

By Natalie Alkiviadou Copyright 2020
142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

The work considers the international and European obligations of the UK in the realm of challenging the far-right and assesses the extent to which it adheres to them. It looks at the role of criminal law in tackling hate speech and hate crime and assesses how English law deals with political parties which may deviate from agreed norms and principles such as non-discrimination. The legal analysis... Read more

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION;

CHAPTER TWO: HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS;

CHAPTER THREE: INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

CHAPTER FOUR: EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK;

CHAPTER FIVE: THE FAR-RIGHT MOVEMENT AND CRIMINAL LAW;

CHAPTER SIX: LEGAL TREATMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES;

CHAPTER SEVEN: CONCLUSION;

Biography

Natalie Alkiviadou, PhD, is a lecturer in European Union Law and Human Rights. Her research expertise lies in human rights, international and European law, focusing on the far-right as well as particular aspects of the far-right, to include online and offline hate speech and hate crime.