General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | Freedom Of Speech And Its Limits In Law |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | prof. UAM dr hab. Michał Urbańczyk |
| Lecturer's email | urbanczy@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | University Professor |
| Faculty | Faculty of Law and Administration |
| Semester | 2024/2025 (winter) |
| Duration | 30 |
| ECTS | 8 |
| USOS code | 10-FSLL-w-Erasm |
Timetable
Classes are held on Mondays 9.30-11.00 am. Form of assessment - written essay.
Module aim (aims)
- PROVIDING THE STUDENTS WITH BASIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE NATURE, SIGNIFICANCE, AND FUNCTION OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN CONTEMPORARY LIBERAL DEMOCRACY
- PROVIDING THE STUDENTS WITH A STRUCTURED KNOWLEDGE OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND IN SELECTED EU COUNTRIES/
- PROVIDING THE STUDENTS WITH A DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF IMPLEMENTING THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, BASED ON THE CASE-LAW OF THE SELECTED EUROPEAN COURTS
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
No pre-requisites
Syllabus
Introduction. Freedom of expression as a fundamental element of liberal democracy
The evolution of the liberal doctrine of freedom of expression in Europe
Freedom of expression and its limits in international law
Freedom of expression and its limits in EU law
The limits of freedom of expression in civil law in the context of conflicts with other values protected by law
The limits of freedom of expression in the criminal law in the context of conflicts with other values protected by law
Limits of freedom of expression in selected case law study. ECHR and hate speech
Limits of freedom of expression in selected case law study. ECHR and Holocaust denial.
Freedom of speech, privacy, and gathering information on the internet
Comparative case law study. First Amendment and American free speech doctrine
Reading list
- András Sajó, Freedom of expression, Warszawa 2004.
- Philip Leach, Taking a case to the European Court of Human Rights, Oxford 2005.
- Politicallly correct hate speech (co-author – A. Demenko), Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny 82 (3), 2020, s. 77-85.
- In search of the Euro-Atlantic Doctrine of Freedom of Speech, M. Urbańczyk, L.D. Bartosik, N. Zagórska [eds.], Poznań-Łódź 2019.
- Importing the first amendment: freedom of expression in American, English and European law / ed. by Ian Loveland, Oxford 1998.
- Extreme speech and democracy, eds. Ivan Hare, James Weinstein, Oxford 2009.
- Guenter Lewy, Outlawing genocide denial: the dilemmas of official historical truth, Salt Lake City 2014.
- European Courts Judgements (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en),
- Supreme Court of the U.S. (https://www.supremecourt.gov/search_center.aspx)