Hate Speech and Incitement to Violence

Type: 
Workshop
Audience: 
Private
Address: 
Columbia Law School
Academic Area: 
Digital Rights, Privacy and Data Protection
European Media
Monday, February 9, 2009 - 9:00am
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Date: 
Monday, February 9, 2009 - 9:00am to Friday, February 27, 2009 - 9:00am

A semester-long workshop at Columbia Law School, convened by Professor Kendall Thomas and Peter Molnar, Senior Research Fellow at the CMCS, who spent the spring semester as Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School.

The first lecture took place on February 9, and was given by Prof. C. Edwin Baker (University of Pennsylvania Law School), on the subject of "Hate Speech".

Further lectures were given by Prof. Robert Post (Yale Law School), Prof. Irwin Cotler (McGill University, Member of the Canadian Parliament and former Minister of Justice & Attorney General), and Prof. Monroe Price (Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania).

A full overview of the workshops and links to background literature are available on the Columbia Law School website.