TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lewy,Guenter
TI  - Outlawing genocide denial: the dilemmas of official historical truth 
SN  - 1607813742
AV  - KZ7180 .L49 2014
U1  - 345/.0251 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Salt Lake City
PB  - The University of Utah Press
KW  - Genocide
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Criminal liability (International law)
KW  - Freedom of speech
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Holocaust denial
KW  - Freedom of expression
KW  - Responsabilité pénale (Droit international)
KW  - Liberté d'expression
KW  - Négationnisme
KW  - LAW
KW  - Criminal Law
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Internationales Strafrecht
KW  - gnd
KW  - Verleugnung
KW  - Völkermord
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Holocaust denial law in the German Federal Republic --; Holocaust denial under the Austrian Verbotsgesetz --; Genocide denial law in Switzerland --; The French Lois Mémorielles --; The Zűndel case in Canada --; International bodies and genocide denial --; Criminalizing the denial or affirmation of the Armenian genocide --; American exceptionalism : the Mermelstein case --; State-mandated genocide education
N2  - "Holocaust denial can be viewed as another form of hatred against Jews and restricting it can be understood as a way of preventing hate speech. Germany has made it a crime punishable by law. Other European countries have adopted similar laws. While the rationales for criminalizing speech seems reasonable, Lewy asks readers to look again and to consider carefully the dangers of doing so. His discussion neither dismisses the ramifications of genocide denial nor justifies it; he instead looks closely at the possible risks of government-enforced interpretations of history. By outlawing genocide denial, governments set a precedent for dictating historical 'truth' and how events should be interpreted. Such government restrictions can be counterproductive in a democratic society that values freedom of speech. Lewy examines these and related ideas through the analysis of historical and current examples."--Publisher's Web site
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