Contested Words: Legal Restrictions on Freedom of Speech in Liberal Democracies
| By: | Cram, Ian, Mr |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780754623656 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781409493099 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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In modern liberal democracies, rights-based judicial intervention in the policy choices of elected bodies has always been controversial. For some, such judicial intervention has trivialized and impoverished democratic politics. For others judges have contributed to a dynamic and healthy dialogue between the different spheres of the constitution, removed from pressures imposed on elected representatives to respond to popular sentiment.
This book provides a critical evaluation of ongoing debates surrounding the judicial role in protecting fundamental human rights, focusing in particular on legislative/executive abridgment of a core freedom in western society