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A right to offend
\"Over the past two decades, there have been a series of events that have brought into question the concept and practice of free expression. In this new book, Winston provides an account of the current state of freedom of expression in the western world. He analyses all the most pertinent cases of conflict during the last two decades - including the fatwa against Salman Rushdie, the incident of the Danish cartoons and offended celebrities - examining cultural, legal and journalistic aspects of each case. A Right to Offend offers us a deeper understanding of the increasingly threatening environment in which free speech operates and is defended, as well as how it informs and is central to journalism practice and media freedom more generally. It is important reading for all those interested in freedom of expression in the twenty-first century.\"--Publisher's website.
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Visual Arts and the Law
This essential handbook offers art professionals and collectors an accessible legal analysis of important principles in art law, as well as a practical guide to legal rights when creating, buying, selling and collecting art in a global market. Although the book is international in scope, there is a particular focus on the US as a major art centre and the site of countless key international court cases. This authoritative but accessible and wide-ranging volume is essential reading for arts advisors, collectors, dealers, auction houses, museums, investors, artists, attorneys and students of art and law.
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Secular Democratic Rights and Blasphemous Caricatures Strategies for Judicious Response
[The campaign of denigration of reverend personalities of Islam, started recently from the publication of blasphemous caricatures in Western newspapers, has been steered into public sphere by the announcement of 'Everybody Draw Mohammed' contest. Despite strong protests by the Muslim countries and masses, the Western media, political leadership and a number of intellectuals seem to be bent on attacking the sensitivities of the Muslim World on the plea of defending the secular democratic rights, particularly the 'freedom of expression and press' and the Western 'norms of secularism'. This kind of discourse has influenced some segments in the Western public as well. An analysis of the past practices pertaining to human rights carried out by Western media and political governments as well as the laws of European Union and the individual States shows that the case of publication of blasphemous caricatures is not simply a matter of protecting Western norms against the extremism of 'radical' Muslims. The majority in the Muslim World perceives this campaign as an instance of psychological warfare waged against them. While the Western governments and people need to understand the lethality of such a campaign, the Muslims around the world also need to carefully study the phenomenon of Islamophobia, furthered consciously in the West, and channel their responses after developing a well-thought-out short term and long term strategy.]
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