Free Speech Theory

A Radical Restatement

Dr Paul Wragg (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2026
Hart Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5099-5832-0 (ISBN)

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Provides a radical reappraisal of the right to free speech by critiquing pre-existing theory and offers a novel reinterpretation of the right as a matter of theory and practice.

Do free speech rights apply against private actors?

Free Speech Theory challenges contemporary thought on this issue. It champions free speech not for its contribution to epistemic advance or informed democratic participation, but as a product of individuality, located in a system of freedom from state control. This has wide-ranging implications for rights-claims directed against private actors concerning online, workplace, and public-interest based forms of speech.

This innovative, rigorously researched, and comprehensive restatement of free speech principle is both topical and important. It has significance for policy makers, practitioners, and commentators around the world.

Paul Wragg is Professor of Media Law at the University of Leeds, UK.

Part I: Overview
1. Authenticity

Part II: Methodology
2. Orthodoxy
3. Justification as Definition
4. Proof

Part III: Restatement
5. The Problem of Individuality
6. Epistemology
7. Democratic Participation
8. Irrationality

Part IV: Horizontality
9. Digital Speech
10. Public Interest Speech
11. Workplace Speech

Part V: Conclusion
12. A Radical Restatement

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.12.2026
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medienrecht
ISBN-10	1-5099-5832-0 / 1509958320
ISBN-13	978-1-5099-5832-0 / 9781509958320
Zustand	Neuware