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Sedition and the Advocacy of Violence: Free Speech and Counter-Terrorism book cover

1st Edition

Sedition and the Advocacy of Violence Free Speech and Counter-Terrorism

By Sarah Sorial Copyright 2012
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge
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This book employs the theoretical framework of ‘speech act theory’ to analyse current legislative frameworks and cases pertaining to sedition or the advocacy of violence and the issue of freedom of speech. An analysis of the relation between speech and action offers a promising way of clarifying confusion over the contested status of speech, which advocates violence as a political strategy. This... Read more

Introduction   1. Modern Sedition Law and the ‘Glorification’ of Terrorism: A Legislative Overview   2. Free Speech and Democracy: The problem of ‘line-drawing’   3. Can Saying So Make it So: The relation between speech and action  4. Speech and Harm   5. Truth, Autonomy, and the Marketplace of Ideas   6. Imitation, belief formation and media technologies   7. Policy Implications   8. Conclusion 

Biography

Sarah Sorial is a ARC Post Doctoral Research Fellow at The University of Wollongong, Australia.

"This study addresses the complexities of free speech when it's extreme — in chapters giving a legislative overview, the problem of "line-drawing," the relation between speech and action and between speech and harm, truth and the "marketplace" of ideas, belief formation and media technologies, and policy implications. Sorial is affiliated with the U. of Wollongong, Australia. Her work will be of interest to students and scholars of philosophy of law and legal theory."—Book News

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