Religious offence and human rights : the implications of defamation of religions

Langer, Lorenz, 1975-

Religious offence and human rights : the implications of defamation of religions the implications of defamation of religions / Lorenz Langer. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2014 - (lxii, 419 pages) : illustrations. - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law . - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) .

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - Rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Zürich, 2013), under the title: Law, religious offence and human rights : defamation of religions and the rationales of speech regulation.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-408) and index.

The Danish cartoons revisited -- Legal responses to religious insult -- The current legal framework -- Invention of new alternatives : the concept of defamation of religions before and after the cartoons -- Defining defamation -- First principles : norms and norm-rationales -- Norm-rationales for the regulation of speech -- The religious rationale -- Religion, its defamation, and international law.

9781139600460 113960046X 9781316004180 131600418X 9781316013182 1316013189 9781316006443 1316006441


Hate speech.
Offenses against religion.
Freedom of expression.
International law and human rights.
LAW--Criminal Law--General.
Droits de l'homme.
Religions.
Islam.
Libert�e d'expression.
Droit international.
D�elits.
Freedom of expression.
Hate speech.
International law and human rights.
Offenses against religion.


Electronic books.
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