Hate speech

perspectives from Comparative Law

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/RFADIR-v48n2a2020-54296

Keywords:

Hate speech, Comparative Law, Freedom of speech, American Law, European Law

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the context of comparative and Brazilian law concerning hate speech, so that contributions can be brought to Brazilian law. In this way, it will focus on the American law in contrast with the European and, in particular, the German law. The methodology of the work is the hypothetical-deductive and dialectical, with dogmatic emphasis. Moreover, the results concern the great difference between the legal systems in the treatment of hate speech, with a relevant importance in the American context of freedom of expression and in the European one a greater concern with the protection of fundamental rights. While freedom of expression in the United States is subject to few limits, in the European system of law, in general, victims’ fundamental rights prevail over freedom of expression. In this sense, this right finds many limitations considering other rights and values inscripted in the Constitutions.

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Author Biographies

Graziela Harff, Universidade Luterana do Brasil - ULBRA/RS

Professora Universitária na ULBRA/RS. Mestre em Direito pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Especialista em Direito Processual Civil pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). Graduada em Direito pelo Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis (UniRitter). 

Marcelo Schenk Duque, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS

Doutor em Direito do Estado pela UFRGS, com período sanduíche junto a Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Alemanha.  Professor do programa de pós-graduação stricto sensu da Faculdade de Direito da UFRGS. Pesquisador visitante no Europa Institut da Universität des Saarlandes (Alemanha).

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Published

2020-12-08

How to Cite

Harff, G., & Schenk Duque, M. (2020). Hate speech: perspectives from Comparative Law. Journal of the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Uberlândia, 48(2), 264–295. https://doi.org/10.14393/RFADIR-v48n2a2020-54296

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Vol. 48 No. 2 (2020): Journal of the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Uberlândia

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