U.S. First Amendment: Limits and Opportunities of the U.S. Information Regime
1. Most important first amendment case law in recent years, and why? (Explain how you would define important.) Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, 561 U.S.…
U.S. First Amendment: Opportunities and Challenges
The First Amendment (and the rest of the Bill of Rights) was ratified in 1791, but largely ignored by the U.S. Supreme Court for 128…
South Korea: Litigating on the Free Flow of Information
1. Most important 5 case laws and why? A. Online Real-Name Case, Constitutional Court of Korea, 2010 Honma 47, Aug. 23, 2012 [invalidating the Act…
India: Freedom of Speech Overview
Malaysia and South East Asia: Freedom of Expression and Information
General overview of South East Asia – a region of approximately 600 million people Table 1 No Country Legal System 1 Malaysia English common law/personal…
Kazakhstan: Recent Freedom of Expression and Information Cases
Case 1 – Suspension of publications based on mistakes in imprint information Facts Alia Ismagulova, 22, is the editor and publisher of Pravdivaya gazeta (Newspaper…
A Review of the European Court’s Freedom of Expression Cases in 2013
Introduction The European Court of Human Rights issued 916 judgments on the merits during its 2013 term. While this number may seem quite high, half…
Russia: Current Trends on Freedom of Expression and Information
OSCE Perspective: Important Freedom of Expression and Information Cases and Relevant Legal Trends
I have been asked to describe some of the most important cases and relevant legal trends from the OSCE perspective. I have decided to look…
Argentina: Current Trends in Freedom of Expression Jurisprudence
Argentina has developed strong protections for the right to freedom of expression, especially through the Supreme Court’s rich and vast jurisprudence in this area. During…