Anonymous Speech
«Professor Barendt has once again presented us with the kind of book that we have become accustomed to receive from him during his long career (...)The author is an advocate of freedom of speech, more specifically, the kind of freedom of speech which serves the interests of democratic society and which also cares for the interests of the audience of the speech and, as such, is destined for eternal balancing.»
ANDRÁS KOLTAY, Pázmány Péter Catholic University (Budapest), International and Comparative Law Quarterly
Anonymous Speech: Literature, Law and Politics discusses the different contexts in which people write anonymously or with the use of a pseudonym: novels and literary reviews, newspapers and political periodicals, graffiti, and now on the Internet. Les mer
This is the first comprehensive study of anonymous speech to examine critically the arguments for and against anonymity. These arguments were vigorously canvassed in the nineteenth century – largely in the context of literary reviewing – and are now of enormous importance for communication on the Internet.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Hart Publishing
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 200
- ISBN
- 9781849466134
- Utgivelsesår
- 2016
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
Anmeldelser
«Professor Barendt has once again presented us with the kind of book that we have become accustomed to receive from him during his long career (...)The author is an advocate of freedom of speech, more specifically, the kind of freedom of speech which serves the interests of democratic society and which also cares for the interests of the audience of the speech and, as such, is destined for eternal balancing.»
ANDRÁS KOLTAY, Pázmány Péter Catholic University (Budapest), International and Comparative Law Quarterly
«Should rights of free expression include anonymous speech? In our age of post-truth and internet trolls, Eric Barendt’s brisk and engaging book raises timely questions ... As new electronic media continue to confront legislatures and courts with difficult problems of anonymity, this thought-provoking book illuminates the diversity and complexity of issues that will require attention into the foreseeable future.»
Eric Heinze and Tom Hannant, The Modern Law Review
«I came away from reading Professor Barendt’s book with a renewed optimism as to the values of anonymous speech.»
Entertainment Law Journal, Jennifer Agate, Senior Associate, Foot Anstey