The Comparative Constitutional Law of Freedom of Expression

Stone, Adrienne

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1633231

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The Comparative Constitutional Law of Freedom of Expression

Adrienne Stone

Melbourne Law School

July 1, 2010

U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 476

Abstract:
Freedom of expression is among the most widely protected of constitutional rights. This chapter, written for a Research Handbook on Comparative Constitutional Law canvasses freedom of expression in a wide range of modern democracies. The chapter focuses, first, on the conceptual structure of rights of freedom of expression and, second, upon substantive conceptions of ‘freedom of expression’.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 33

Keywords: comparative constitutional law, freedom of expression, freedom of speech

JEL Classification: K00, K19, K39

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Date posted: July 2, 2010 ; Last revised: September 11, 2010

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Stone, Adrienne, The Comparative Constitutional Law of Freedom of Expression (July 1, 2010). U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 476. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1633231 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1633231

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