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Speech and harm : controversies over free speech / Speech & harm edited by Ishani Maitra and Mary Kate McGowan. - 1st ed. - Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, 2012. - xviii, 255 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and overview / Freedom of expression and human rights law : the case of Holocaust denial / 'Speaking back' : the likely fate of hate speech policy in the United States and Australia / Beyond belief : pragmatics in hate speech and pornography / Subordinating speech / On 'whites only' signs and racist hate speech : verbal acts of racial discrimination / Power in public : reactions, responses, and resistance to offensive public speech / Genocidal language games / Words that silence? Freedom of expression and racist hate speech / Ishani Maitra and Mary Kate McGowan -- Andrew Altman -- Katharine Gelber -- Rae Langton -- Ishani Maitra -- Mary Kate McGowan -- Laura Beth Nielsen -- Lynne Yirrell -- Caroline West.

ISBN: 9780199236275 (pbk.) 0199236275 (pbk.) 9780199236282 0199236283

LCCN: 2012931195

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016014543 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Freedom of speech--Social aspects.

LC Class. No.: JC591 / .S67 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 323.44/3