Democracy Off Balance: Freedom of Expression and Hate Propaganda Law in Canada

by Stefan Braun

Book Overview

Freedom of expression on disturbing matters of society, history, and governance is becoming ever more contested in Canada. The idea that official meanings and histories can legally substitute for publicly constructed ones - for fear of what an uncensored public might themselves construct - is gaining widespread acceptance. Public invocation of hate propaganda law, its language, and its moral authority in otherwise ordinary discursive contexts,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802086365
• ISBN13: 9780802086365
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher