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Should Israel employ legal mechanisms to fight down hate speech and racism?
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I argue that the state ought to weigh the costs of allowing hate speech as well as the risks involved, and balance these against the costs and risks to democracy and free speech associated with censorship.
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Should the liberal state prosecute people for preaching hate? I love this article, combining theory with case studies
Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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This page is a summary of: Is Law Appropriate to Regulate Hateful and Racist Speech? The Israeli Experience, Israeli Studies Review, January 2012, Berghahn Journals,
DOI: 10.3167/isr.2012.270204.
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