Democracy of Expression

Andrew T. Kenyon is Professor at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. He researches in comparative media law, drawing on media related disciplines as well as law. His publications include Comparative Defamation and Privacy Law (edited, 2016) and Positive Free Speech: Rationales, Methods and Implications (co-edited with Andrew Scott, 2020).

• Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Positive Free Speech from Media Studies and Law; 3. Positive Free Speech and Democracy; 4. Positive Human Rights and Political Freedom; 5. US Legal Writing on Positive Free Speech; 6. German Broadcasting Freedom; 7. French Freedom of Communication and Pluralism; 8. Framing Communicative Freedom; Index.

'Democracy of Expression argues persuasively that democratic government entails positive rights to freedom of speech and that courts have a legitimate role in upholding them. The book shows extensive knowledge of French and German legal developments and a command of philosophical and media studies literature. It should be read by all free speech scholars.' Eric Barendt, Emeritus Professor of Media Law, University College London