Written by authorities on the legal systems of France, Britain,
Germany, the United States, Israel, and Canada, this book explores
the growing confrontation between democracy and racist incitement.
The authors consider existing and prospective laws as they trace
the efforts to enact and enforce laws that can curb racism in the
early stages of its growth without violating democratic
freedoms.
Throughout the book, the authors discuss their own legal and
political cultures and how the subject countries are affected by
historical encounters with racism. Both France and Britain have
strong racist political forces and existing laws to combat them.
Special attention is given to Le Pen, whose electoral support has
been estimated nationally at more than twenty percent, and to the
effect Britain's new legislation has had on the country's racist
movement. The United States represents a case where strong
constitutional guarantees against impingement upon freedom of
expression have prevented the passage or juridical validation of
laws restricting racist incitement. Israel finds itself struggling
to define a legal remedy that can be used against racist incitement
by the Kahane movement. Canada, now seeking a legal climate that
will foster multiculturalism, strives to define laws against
incitement that will be consistent with its newly established
Charter of Freedom. And Germany, as it faces the enormous problems
resulting from unification, is forced to reflect upon its own past
and the challenges that an active racist movement poses for the
country's future. Recommended for sociologists, political
scientists, and criminal law specialists.
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