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Freedom of speech and information in global perspective / Pekka Hallberg, Janne Virkkunen.

Hallberg, Pekka, 1944- author.; Virkkunen, Janne, author.
2017
K3254 .H34 2017 (Mapit)
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Author
Hallberg, Pekka, 1944- author.
Title
Freedom of speech and information in global perspective / Pekka Hallberg, Janne Virkkunen.
Added Author
Virkkunen, Janne, author.
Imprint
New York, NY, U.S.A. : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Copyright
©2017.
Description
xix, 286 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction and overview
First notes
The state of freedom of speech in the world
From the origins of freedom of speech to the modern information society
Freedom of speech in books and in action
Human rights obligations : from ideas to reality?
Violations and threat scenarios
Freedom of speech in the turbulence of the changing world
Final chords.
Summary
This book offers a unique exploration of the current state of freedom of speech as a basic right available to everyone. The research focuses on the different development stages of the concept of freedom of speech and the use of modern indicators to depict its treatment in different legal cultures, including the obligations under international treaties and the effects that the globalising and digitalising environment have had on it. The authors conduct a broad survey of freedom of speech around the world, from Europe over Russia and both Americas to Africa, Asia, and Australia. The aim of this survey is to identify safeguards of freedom of speech on both a national and an international level, violations and threat scenarios, and in particular challenges to freedom of speech in the digital era.
Note
This book offers a unique exploration of the current state of freedom of speech as a basic right available to everyone. The research focuses on the different development stages of the concept of freedom of speech and the use of modern indicators to depict its treatment in different legal cultures, including the obligations under international treaties and the effects that the globalising and digitalising environment have had on it. The authors conduct a broad survey of freedom of speech around the world, from Europe over Russia and both Americas to Africa, Asia, and Australia. The aim of this survey is to identify safeguards of freedom of speech on both a national and an international level, violations and threat scenarios, and in particular challenges to freedom of speech in the digital era.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
K3254 .H34 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781349949892
1349949892
9781349949908 (eBook)
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