Importing the First Amendment

These studies by a group of eminent academics and judges compare the different approaches of the British, European and American courts to the questions of free speech, which lie at the heart of much debate in constitutional law. The authors of these studies adopt opposing views, some favouring the pursuit of a US-inspired approach to protecting free speech, in the belief that the political culture of British society would be enhanced if our courts were to fashion our common law in accordance with many First Amendment principles. Others, more sceptically, reject this embrace of US legal culture, offering distinctly "Ameri-sceptic" views and arguing for a solution based on common law principles and on the jurisprudence of the European courts.

ISBN	1901362280	Pages	256
ISBN13	9781901362282 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Hart Publishing	Weight (grammes)	493
Imprint	Hart Publishing	Published in	Oxford
Format	Hardback	Height (mm)	234
Publication date	01 Jul 1998	Width (mm)	156
Library of Congress	98198131	Spine width (mm)	14
DEWEY	342.0853	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate
DEWEY edition	DC21

	Preface
	Table of Cases
	Table of Conventions and Treaties
	Table of Legislation
	Contributors
1	A Free Trade in Ideas - and Outcomes by Ian Loveland	1
2	The First Amendment: A Case for Import Controls? by Stephen Sedley	23
3	The First Amendment and the Media by Eric Barendt	29
4	Of Free Speech and Individual Reputation: New York Times v. Sullivan in Canada and Australia by Leonard Leigh	51
5	City of Chicago v Tribune Co - in Contexts by Ian Loveland	69
6	Political Activities of Public Servants and Freedom of Expression by Gillian Morris	99
7	Meiklejohn, the First Amendment, and Free Speech in English Law by John Laws	123
8	Content Neutrality by David Feldman	139
9	"Federalism" and Free Speech - Accommodating Community Standards: the American Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights by Colin Warbrick	173
	Index	197

a reassuring comparison of how two great legal traditions wrestle with the common problem of ensuring fundamental human rights while protecting legitimate majority values.Gary J. EdlesEuropean Public LawSeptember 2002...one of the best books on constitutional law that I have read in recent years because the very different political cultures of the two countries make the criticisms that the authors level against the importation of American legal doctrine so powerful.Bill PizziNew Law JournalSeptember 2002

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