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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Importing the First Amendment: Freedom of Speech and Expression in Britain Europe and USA by Edited by Ian Loveland
These studies by a group of eminent academics and judges compare the different approaches of the British European and American courts to the questions of free speech which lie at the heart of much debate in constitutional law. The authors of these studies adopt opposing views some favouring the pursuit of a US-inspired approach to protecting free speech in the belief that the political culture of British society would be enhanced if our courts were to fashion our common law in accordance with many First Amendment principles. Others more sceptically reject this embrace of US legal culture offering distinctly Ameri-sceptic views and arguing for a solution based on common law principles and on the jurisprudence of the European courts.show more