Issues for discussion in Class ¡­

Issues for discussion in Class Oct. 9. 2009

Questions on the relationship between legal and principal issues on relation to freedom of expression.

1. Principal issue.

Differences between national legal systems, and the relationship to the European Human Rights Convention and The European Court of Human Rights.

2. Particular legal issues to be discussed.

Prior restraint.

Hate speech.

Blasphemy.

Commercial utterings.

Official secrets.

Invasion of privacy.

Libel and defamation.

Pornography.

Internet.