[ecrea] Nordicom Book Freedom of Speech

> New Book from Nordicom
>
> Freedom of Speech Abridged?
> Cultural, Legal and Philosophical Challenges
> Edited by Anine Kierulf & Helge Rønning
> Nordicom, University of Gothenburg, 2009, 155 p. Price: ? 25
>
>
> Freedom of Speech Abridged? contains eleven essays
> recognizing free
> speech as a fundamental value under fire in a time of globalization. The
> contributors are professionals of various fields working in the Nordic
> countries,who over the years have been engaged in debates over free
> speech issues
> from different angles.
>
> The book discusses freedom of expression as a universal human right, and
> analyses its philosophical foundations. It raises legal questions
> arising from the tension between basic rights, and between national and
> international law. It considers to what extent freedom of expression
> thrives or withers in an increasingly gobalized world of new technology.
> It discusses the Danish cartoons from a principled perspective, and it
> draws the lines of today?s controversies back to the twenty-year-old
> fatwa against Salman Rushdie. /Freedom of Speech Abridged?/ is written
> by scholars and journalists in the Nordic countries, and represents a
> principled and spirited defence of freedom of expression.
>
> Anine Kierulf is a PhD research fellow at the Department of Public and
> International Law and Helge Rønning is Professor of Media Studies, both
> at the University of Oslo, Norway.
>
>
> For further information see
> http://www.nordicom.gu.se/?portal=publ&main=info_publ2.php&ex=281&me=13
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ulla C.
>
> _________________________________
>
> Ulla Carlsson, Dr., Professor
> Director
> NORDICOM
> University of Gothenburg
> Box 713
> SE 405 30 Göteborg
>
> www.nordicom.gu.se

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