Ian Cram: 3 books
Contested Words
Legal Restrictions on Freedom of Speech in Liberal Democracies
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
In modern liberal democracies, rights-based judicial intervention in the policy choices of elected bodies has always been controversial. For some, such judicial intervention has trivialized and impoverished democratic politics. For others judges have contributed to a dynamic and healthy dialogue between...
Terror and the War on Dissent
Freedom of Expression in the Age of Al-Qaeda
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2009
Located within wider debates about ‘security versus liberty’ in our post 9/11 world, the book analyses the new landscape of UK counter terrorism powers and offences and focuses upon the deleterious consequences of the so-called ‘war on terror’ on freedom of political expression and association....
Citizen Journalists
Newer Media, Republican Moments and the Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
This monograph explores the phenomenon of ‘citizen journalism’ from a legal and constitutional perspective. It describes and evaluates emerging patterns of communication between a new and diverse set of speakers and their audiences. Drawing upon political theory, the book considers the extent to...