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The Effects of Civil Hate Speech Laws: Lessons from Australia.

This article examines the effects of hate speech laws in Australia. Triangulating data from primary and secondary sources, we examine five hypothesized effects: whether the laws provide a remedy to targets of hate speech, encourage more respectful speech, have an educative or symbolic effect, have a...

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Published in:Law & Society Review Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 631 - 665
Main Authors: Gelber, Katharine, McNamara, Luke
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press Sep2015
Subjects:
Australia
Hate speech
Freedom of speech
Criminal law
Prejudices
Public opinion
Hate speech laws
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