Incitement in UK Law
Leading Cases
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Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago v Vijay Maharaj Substituted on behalf of the Estate of Satnarayan Maharaj for Satnarayan Maharaj and another
Seditious libel. Right to freedom of expression. Rule of law. Principle of the separation of powers. Incite violence... ... should be such a requirement in his History of the Criminal Law of England (1883), at p 375, where he said that nothing short of direct incitement to disorder and violence is a seditious libel. This was referred to by Cave J in Burns ... 36 In the 8 th edition of Stephen's Digest ... ...
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Legislation
Books & Journal Articles
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Incitement to Religious Hatred: All Talk and No Substance?
The Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 has a frenetic history. It is the culmination of six attempts in Parliament in the last twelve years to make incitement to religious hatred unlawful.1 Each ...
- Incitement to Racial Hatred
- Incitement—A Tale of Three Agents
- Incitement and Impossibility—Do We Need a Statutory Definition of Incitement?
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Law Firm Commentaries
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German Federal Minister Of Justice Introduces New Bill Against Criminal Content On Social Networks
... ... 86a (Using symbols of unconstitutional organisations) Section 90 (Defamation of the President of the Federation) Section 111 (Public incitement to crime) Section 126 (Breach of the public peace by threatening to commit offences) Section 130 (Incitement to hatred) Section 140 (Rewarding ... ...
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Government publishes Legislation Programme for Autumn 2020
The Government has published its legislation programme for Autumn 2020. The programme includes: 30 priority Bills; 50 Bills that are expected to undergo pre-legislative scrutiny; 87 Bills where pre...... ... Hate Crime and Hate Speech Bill This Bill will repeal the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989, to provide for new and aggravated offences and a new offence of incitement. Last year, the government opened a public ... ...
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Who Regulates The TV You Watch And Might Brexit Change The Channel?
... ... recent cases, RTR Planeta, a Russian-language channel operating from Sweden, was temporarily suspended from broadcasting in Lithuania for incitement to hatred. In short, this means that (a) if a media service provider is regulated in one Member State, all other Member States have to allow ... ...
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Too Many Tweets May Make A Twit
... ... Such activities can result in actions in defamation, harassment and incitement to racial hatred ... Its no joke ... In June 2012, Paul Chambers won his high court appeal against conviction for jokingly threatening to blow ... ...
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