Incitement on trial : prosecuting international speech crimes

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Label

Incitement on trial : prosecuting international speech crimes

Title remainder

prosecuting international speech crimes

Statement of responsibility

Richard Ashby Wilson, University of Connecticut School of Law

Creator

• Wilson, Richard, 1964-

Author

• Wilson, Richard, 1964-

Subject

• Hate crimes -- Law and legislation
• Hate speech -- Law and legislation
• International criminal courts

Language

eng

Summary

International and national armed conflicts are usually preceded by a media campaign in which public figures foment ethnic, national, racial or religious hatred, inciting listeners to acts of violence. Incitement on Trial evaluates the efforts of international criminal tribunals to hold such inciters criminally responsible. This is an unsettled area of international criminal law, and prosecutors have often struggled to demonstrate a causal connection between speech acts and subsequent crimes. This book identifies 'revenge speech' as the type of rhetoric with the greatest effects on empathy and tolerance for violence. Wilson argues that inciting speech should be handled under the preventative doctrine of inchoate crimes, but that once international crimes have been committed, then ordering and complicity are the most appropriate forms of criminal liability. Based in extensive original research, this book proposes an evidence-based risk assessment model for monitoring political speech

Member of

• Cambridge studies in law and society

Cataloging source

UkCbUP

Index

index present

LC call number

KZ7177.I53

LC item number

W55 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Cambridge studies in law and society