Browsing Student Research Papers by Subject "Hate speech"

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But names will never hurt me: Extending hate speech legislation to protect gender and sexual minorities in New Zealand

Haggie, Vanessa (2013)

Hate speech legislation involves a fundamental conflict with the right to freedom of expression. However, it is a conflict that can be justified in a constitutional framework in which free speech is not paramount and can ...
Freedom of hate speech: The First Amendment, Snyder v Phelps and beyond

Schoeller-Burke, Tara (2014)

This paper assesses the United States position on the protection of hate speech under the First Amendment and questions whether, in light of the harm hate speech causes and the inconsistencies with free speech rationales, ...
Hate speech and holocaust denial: The prohibition of false historical discourse in modern society

McKeown, Tessa (2014)

The existence and magnitude of the largest genocide of the twentieth century, the Holocaust, are now being denied by individuals worldwide. This paper analyses the European legislation criminalising Holocaust denial from ...
The Limits of Free Speech: Democratic Legitimacy in Canada and New Zealand

Winsley, Alexander (2013)

This paper explores the balancing act between freedom of expression and hate speech. It takes its cue from a recent dialogue between Ronald Dworkin and Jeremy Waldron concerning democratic legitimacy. This dialogue forms ...