Memory and Punishment Historical Denialism, Free Speech and the Limits of Criminal Law /

• Main Author: Fronza, Emanuela (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: The Hague : T.M.C. Asser Press : Imprint: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: International Criminal Justice Series, 19
• Subjects: International criminal law.; Criminal law.; Law-Europe.; Human rights.; International humanitarian law.; Criminology.; International Criminal Law .; Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law.; European Law.; Human Rights.; International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.; Human Rights and Crime .

This book examines the criminalisation of denials of genocide and of other mass atrocities in Europe and discusses the implications of protecting institutional historical memory through criminal law. The analysis highlights the tensions with free speech, investigating the relationship between crimin...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1. Historical Denialism as a Criminal Offence: Origins and Development
• Chapter 1. The rise of the crime of historical denialism
• Chapter 2. The crime of historical denialism and international law
• Chapter 3. The crime of historical denialism in practice
• Chapter 4. Criminal law and free speech
• Chapter 5. Conclusion
• Index.