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The Right to Freedom of Assembly: A Comparative Study

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Full Title:

The Right to Freedom of Assembly: A Comparative Study

Contributors:

By (Author) Orsolya Salt

ISBN:

9781509916016

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Hart Publishing

Publication Date:

24th August 2017

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Professional and Scholarly

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Constitutional and administrative law: general
Comparative law

Dewey:

342.0854

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

314

Weight:

445g

Description

In legal decisions and commentary, freedom of assembly is widely cherished as a precious human right and as indispensable for the preservation of democratic governance. But despite this rhetoric assemblies are subject to extensive regulation, such as prior restraints, and restrictions on the time, place and manner of assemblies. This comparative study examines five influential jurisdictions and reveals similarities and inconsistencies between them. It finds that freedom of assembly is often subjugated to freedom of expression in a way that disregards the expressive potential of assemblies. The shortcomings include the misconstrued content neutrality and public forum doctrines in the US, blanket bans and other restrictions based on intangible and distant harm in the UK, preventative restrictions and viewpoint discrimination in Germany, and the uncertain status of freedom of assembly and opaque judicial reasoning in France. Such inconsistencies also present challenges for the European Court of Human Rights in developing a coherent assembly doctrine. The book argues that it is time for jurisprudence to move away from a narrowly focused concept of expression, and recognise the creative and expressive value of freedom of assembly.

Author Bio

Orsolya Salt is an Assistant Professor of Human Rights and Comparative Constitutional Law at the ELTE University, Faculty for Social Sciences, Budapest.

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