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- Title
Public Order Act 1986, s. 5--Compatibility with European Convention on Human Rights.
- Authors
Newman, Chris
- Abstract
The article focuses on Public Order Act of 1986 and its compatibility with European Convention on Human Rights. The case discussed in the article presented the court with a dilemmatic choice between the legitimate right to protest which is necessary in a free and democratic society and the extent to which one section of society can be allowed to express those views which will insult other members of society. It would appear from this case and others of a similar nature that the ultimate purpose of Section 5 of the 1986 Act is to act as a fulcrum at which the rights of free expression intersect with the right of a broader section of the community not to be harassed, alarmed or distressed.
- Subjects
FREEDOM of expression; PUBLIC policy (Law); PUBLIC law; CIVIL rights; RIGHT of reply; JURISPRUDENCE; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law)
- Publication
Journal of Criminal Law, 2005, Vol 69, Issue 1, p8
- ISSN
0022-0183
- Publication type
Article