Freedom of Speech Author:Eric Barendt This book discusses the legal protection of speech in the United Kingdom, The United States, Germany, and under the European Convention on Human Rights. The author contends that the meaning and scope of freedom of speech can only be properly understood against the background of the moral and political arguments for the protection of freedom of s... more »peech and its incorporation in constitutions. On this basis, he analyses the case law in the light of fundamental free speech principles.« less