The Elgar Companion to Freedom of Speech and Expression

Name: The Elgar Companion to Freedom of Speech and Expression
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781035302963
Price: 2963.35 HKD
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Author: Ashutosh Bhagwat; Alan K. Chen
ISBN: 9781035302963

Edited by Ashutosh Bhagwat · Alan K. Chen

New Arrival Edward Elgar Publishing June 2026

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ISBN-13: 9781035302963
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: June 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This comprehensive book examines the theoretical underpinnings of free speech and provides crucial insights into the contemporary resurgence of debates over its importance. Contributing authors critically analyse many of these disputes, including the regulation of online speech, current attacks on universities, and on the civil service.

Leading scholars address the reasons why societies choose to protect freedom of expression, mapping both its current and future landscape with a particular focus on free speech institutions such as universities and the press. Other chapters highlight the distinct issues raised by the intersection of private power and free expression, and examine international variation in protections for free expression. The book also investigates the role of other expressive rights, including freedom of assembly, association, and petition.

The Elgar Companion to Freedom of Speech and Expression is a crucial resource for scholars and students, particularly those in the fields of constitutional law, human rights, law and society, and political science. It is also useful for practicing lawyers looking for insight on litigation issues regarding freedom of expression and associated topics.

Introduction ix; Ashutosh Bhagwat and Alan K. Chen; PART I WHAT MAKES SPEECH VALUABLE; 1.
Our eclectic First Amendment 2: David S. Han; 2.
Free speech as a prerequisite for all other rights 18: Eric Heinze; 3.
The fearlessness rationale for free speech 36: Andrew M. Koppelman; PART II FREE SPEECH, PRIVATE POWER, AND DEMOCRACY; 4.
The demand for bullshit 50: Lila Greenberg, Katherine Marin, Jessica Sparks and Jane Bambauer; 5.
Social media must-carry laws and the First Amendment 69: Kyle Langvardt and Alan Z. Rozenshtein; 6.
Anti-free speech Lochnerism 87: Gregory P. Magarian; 7.
Speech restrictions imposed by private employers 109: Eugene Volokh; PART III FREE SPEECH AND INSTITUTIONS; 8.
The role of speech institutions when both speech and institutions are threatened 131: Joseph Blocher; 9.
The work of the press clause 147: RonNell Andersen Jones and Sonja R. West; 10.
Politics, knowledge, and government speech 172: Heidi Kitrosser; 11.
Faculty speech, academic freedom, and democratic backsliding 192: Timothy Zick; PART IV PENUMBRAL EXPRESSIVE RIGHTS; 12.
The right of assembly revisited 215: John Inazu; 13.
Democratic self-government and the First Amendment’s “forgotten” clauses: 230: Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr; PART V COMPARATIVE APPROACHES TO PROTECTING FREE SPEECH; 14.
Online must-carry in comparative perspective 264: Enrique Armijo; 15.
Differences of approach to freedom of expression in Europe and the United States: what is their explanation? 281: Eric Barendt; 16.
A transatlantic overview of free speech theory and doctrines 299: Thomas Hochmann; 17.
The forms of freedom of expression 314: Adrienne Stone; 18.
Hate speech 334: Mark Tushnet; PART VI THE FUTURE OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION; 19.
Re-examining the relationship between free speech and democratic legitimacy after the January 6 insurrection 349: Eliza Bechtold; 20.
Ships still passing in the night? the deepening European–US divide on regulating the online public sphere 368: Gavin Phillipson; 21.
The unfortunate consequences of a misguided free speech principle 403: Robert C. Post; 22.
Dignity, free speech, and algorithmic machines 414: Alexander Tsesis