Although there exists no federal group defamation law in the United States, a few state legislatures have promulgated group defamation statutes, while a cause of action for group defamation has been recognized as justiciable in the decision law of other states. Mr Jones describes his theory as constitutional minimalism because he does not advocate the legal proscription of all derogatory hate speech.
Only the sub-category of hate speech that fulfills the standard elements of proof found in common law defamation claim will be prosecuted criminally by the federal government. The author further asserts that a carefully and narrowly drafted federal criminal group defamation statute will pass constitutional muster without creating a conflict with First Amendment rights.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9789041102652
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-90-411-0265-2
- Verlag: Wolters Kluwer
- Erscheinungstermin: 30.11.1997
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 1997
- Serie: International Studies in Human Rights
- Produktform: Gebunden, GB
- Gewicht: 472 g
- Seiten: 336
- Format (B x H x T): 152 x 229 x 25 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt