The Constitutional Protection of Freedom of Expression / / Richard John Moon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Moon, Richard John,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Chapter One. Truth, Democracy, and Autonomy --; Chapter Two. The Constitutional Adjudication of Freedom of Expression --; Chapter Three. The Regulation of Commercial and Political Advertising --; Chapter Four. The Regulation of Pornography --; Chapter Five. The Regulation of Racist Expression --; Chapter Six. Access to State-Owned Property --; Chapter Seven. Compelled Expression and Freedom of the Press --; Chapter Eight. Conclusion: Freedom of Expression and Judicial Review --; Notes --; Cases --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442680890; 9783110490954
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442680890
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard John Moon.

In this book, Richard Moon puts forward an account of freedom of expression that emphasizes its social character. Such freedom does not simply protect individual liberty from state interference; it also protects the individual's freedom to communicate with others. It is the right of the individual to communicate: an activity that is deeply social in character, and that involves socially created languages and the use of community resources, like parks, streets, and broadcast stations. Moon argues that recognition of the social dynamic of communication is critical to understanding the potential value and harm of language and to addressing questions about the scope and limits on one's rights to freedom of expression. Moon examines the tension between the demands for freedom of expression and the structure of constitutional adjudication in the Canadian context. The book discusses many of the standard freedom of expression issues, such as the regulation of advertising, election spending ceilings, the restriction of hate promotion and pornography, state compelled expression, freedom of the press, access to state and private property and state support for expression. It examines several important Supreme Court of Canada decisions including Irwin Toy, Dolphin Delivery, RJR Macdonald, Keegstra and Butler.