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42 relations: Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v Commonwealth, Brandenburg v. Ohio, Breach of the peace, Canada, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, Chief Justice of Australia, Cohen v. California, Commonwealth Law Reports, Criminal Code (Canada), Fascism, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Flag desecration, Freedom of speech, Hate speech, Hatred, Incitement, Insult, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jurisdiction (area), Kenneth Hayne, Ku Klux Klan, Lists of protests against the Vietnam War, Michael Kirby (judge), Murray Gleeson, Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Wills, Overbreadth doctrine, R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, Racket (crime), Samuel Alito, Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Snyder v. Phelps, Speech, Street v. New York, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Constitution, United States constitutional law, Violence, Washington University Law Review, Westboro Baptist Church, William Gummow, Writing.
Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v Commonwealth
Australian Capital Television v Commonwealth,.
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Brandenburg v. Ohio
Brandenburg v. Ohio,, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case based on the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Breach of the peace
Breach of the peace, or disturbing the peace, is a legal term used in constitutional law in English-speaking countries, and in a wider public order sense in the several jurisdictions of the United Kingdom.
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Canada
Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.
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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (La Charte canadienne des droits et libertés), in Canada often simply the Charter, is a bill of rights entrenched in the Constitution of Canada.
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Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568 (1942), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court articulated the fighting words doctrine, a limitation of the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech.
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Chief Justice of Australia
The Chief Justice of Australia is the presiding justice of the High Court of Australia and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Cohen v. California
Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with freedom of speech.
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Commonwealth Law Reports
The Commonwealth Law Reports (CLR) are the authorised reports of decisions of the High Court of Australia.
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Criminal Code (Canada)
The Criminal Code (Code criminelThe citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by the French text of of this Act.) is a law that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Canada.
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Fascism
Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian ultranationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce, which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.
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First Amendment to the United States Constitution
The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or to petition for a governmental redress of grievances.
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Flag desecration
Flag desecration is a term applied to the desecration of flags or violation of flag protocol, a various set of acts that intentionally destroy, damage, or mutilate a flag in public.
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Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or sanction.
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Hate speech
Hate speech is speech that attacks a person or group on the basis of attributes such as race, religion, ethnic origin, national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
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Hatred
Hatred or hate is a deep and extreme emotional dislike, especially invoking feelings of anger or resentment.
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Incitement
In criminal law, incitement is the encouragement of another person to commit a crime.
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Insult
An insult is an expression or statement (or sometimes behavior) which is disrespectful or scornful.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity.
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Jurisdiction (area)
A jurisdiction is an area with a set of laws under the control of a system of courts or government entity which are different from neighbouring areas.
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Kenneth Hayne
Kenneth Madison Hayne (born 5 June 1945) is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.
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Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan, commonly called the KKK or simply the Klan, refers to three distinct secret movements at different points in time in the history of the United States.
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Lists of protests against the Vietnam War
Protests against the Vietnam War took place in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Michael Kirby (judge)
Michael Donald Kirby (born 18 March 1939) is an Australian jurist and academic who is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, serving from 1996 to 2009.
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Murray Gleeson
Anthony Murray Gleeson, (born 30 August 1938) is a former Australian judge who served as the 11th Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1998 to 2008.
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Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Wills
Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Wills is a High Court of Australia case that deals with a number of issues regarding the Australian Constitution, including the Express right free interstate trade and commerce (section 92), the implied freedom of political communication, and the role of proportionality.
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Overbreadth doctrine
In American jurisprudence, the overbreadth doctrine is primarily concerned with facial challenges to laws under the First Amendment.
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R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul
R.A.V. v. City of St.
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Racket (crime)
A racket is a planned or organized criminal act, usually in which the criminal act is a form of business or a way to earn illegal or extorted money regularly or briefly but repeatedly.
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Samuel Alito
Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. (born April 1, 1950) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter") is the section of the Constitution of Canada that lists what the Charter calls "fundamental freedoms" theoretically applying to everyone in Canada, regardless of whether they are a Canadian citizen, or an individual or corporation.
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Snyder v. Phelps
Snyder v. Phelps,, is a landmark United States Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court ruled that speech on a matter of public concern, on a public street, cannot be the basis of liability for a tort of emotional distress, even in the circumstances that the speech is viewed or interpreted as "offensive" or "outrageous".
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Speech
Speech is the vocalized form of communication used by humans and some animals, which is based upon the syntactic combination of items drawn from the lexicon.
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Street v. New York
Street v. New York,, was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a New York state law making it a crime "publicly mutilate, deface, defile, or defy, trample upon, or cast contempt upon either by words or act " was, in part, unconstitutional because it prohibited speech against the flag.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.
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United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States.
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United States constitutional law
United States constitutional law is the body of law governing the interpretation and implementation of the United States Constitution.
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Violence
Violence is defined by the World Health Organization as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation," although the group acknowledges that the inclusion of "the use of power" in its definition expands on the conventional understanding of the word.
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Washington University Law Review
The Washington University Law Review is a bimonthly law review published by students at Washington University School of Law.
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Westboro Baptist Church
Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is an American church known for its use of inflammatory hate speech, especially against LGBT+ people (homophobia and transphobia), Catholics (anti-Catholicism), Orthodox Christians (anti-Orthodoxy), Muslims (Islamophobia), Jews (antisemitism), Romani people (antiziganism), and U.S. soldiers and politicians (anti-Americanism).
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William Gummow
William Montague Charles Gummow (born 9 October 1942) is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.
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Writing
Writing is a medium of human communication that represents language and emotion with signs and symbols.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_words
