Discusses conflicts between freedom of expression and the right to privacy and other important social values
Approaches these conflicts from a comparative perspective, which provides readers with a deep understand of this complex issue
Describes privacy and freedom of expression cases decided by European and United States courts
A serious book that will also be of great interest to a general audience

Philosopher Kings? The Adjudication of Conflicting Human Rights and Social Values, by George C. Christie, examines the attempts by courts to sort out conflicts involving freedom of expression, including religious expression, on the one hand, and rights to privacy and other important social values on the other. It approaches the subject from a comparative perspective, using principally cases decided by European and United States courts.

A significant part of this book analyzes conflicts between freedom of expression and the right to privacy. In a world in which, freedom of expression and privacy are said to be of equal value, the book explores whether it is possible to develop, through case-by-case adjudication, a legal regime which can give clear direction as to what expression is or is not permitted. Otherwise, if such a regime proves impossible, in the guise of recognizing the equal value of expression and privacy, privacy may become de facto the preferred value.

ISBN:978-0-19-534115-7
10 March 2011
Format :Pdf