Howard, E.

Gratuitously offensive speech and the political debate

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Howard, E. 2016. Gratuitously offensive speech and the political debate. European Human Rights Law Review. 6, pp. 636-644.

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Title	Gratuitously offensive speech and the political debate
Authors	Howard, E.
Abstract	Anti-immigration and anti-Islam rhetoric has become part of political discourse. This raises questions about, on the one hand, politicians’ freedom of expression and, on the other hand, the duty not to be gratuitously offensive. How can these two be reconciled? Can and should political speech be curtailed for being (gratuitously) offensive? If so, where does this leave a politician’s right to freedom of expression? These questions are the main focus of this article and the case law of the European Court Human Rights will be used in the analysis.
Research Group	Law and Politics
Publisher	Sweet and Maxwell
Journal	European Human Rights Law Review
ISSN	1361-1526
Deposited	25 Oct 2016
Accepted	19 Oct 2016
Output status	Published
Accepted author manuscript	gratuitously offensive final accepted.pdf
Copyright Statement	This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in European Human Rights Law Review following peer review. The definitive published version - Howard, E.,(2016) 'Gratuitously offensive speech and the political debate', E.H.R.L.R. 2016, 6, 636-644 - is available online on Westlaw UK (http://legalresearch.westlaw.co.uk/) or from Thomson Reuters DocDel service(http://www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/our-businesses/docdel.aspx)
Language	English

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