The fall and rise of blasphemy law

The fall and rise of blasphemy law / edited by Paul Cliteur & Tom Herrenberg.

This collection centers around two trends that currently influence freedom of expression. The first trend confirms the fact that many Western countries have become, over a long period of time, less strict about sacrilegious expression. In the process, many repealed their blasphemy laws or became les...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Cliteur, P. B. (Editor), Herrenberg, Tom, 1986- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Leiden] : Leiden University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Offenses against religion > Western countries > History.
Blasphemy > Western countries > History.
Political structures: democracy.
LAW / Criminal Law / General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy.
RELIGION / Blasphemy, Heresy & Apostasy.
LAW / General
Blasphemy
Offenses against religion
Religion and politics.
Blasphemy, heresy, apostasy.
Western countries
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Foreword
  • Blasphemy: A Victimless Crime or a Crime in Search of a Victim?; 1 General Introduction; 2 Blasphemy and the Law: The Fall and Rise of a Legal Non Sequitur; 3 The English Law of Blasphemy: The "Melancholy, Long, Withdrawing Roar"; 4 On the Life and Times of the Dutch Blasphemy Law (1932-2014); 5 Death of a Princess; 6 Rushdie's Critics; 7 John Stuart Mill's "If All Mankind Minus One" Tested in a Modern Blasphemy Case; 8 Religious Freedom and Blasphemy Law in a Global Context: The Concept of Religious Defamation.
  • 9 Blasphemy, Multiculturalism and Free Speech in Modern BritainBibliography; List of Contributors; Index.

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