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The Treatment of Hate Speech in German Constitutional Law (Part I)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 March 2019
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The way legal systems should deal with hate speech is a contested matter. The term “hate speech” itself suggests that it is a form of speech, and speech is generally protected in liberal states. However, this “speech” is either motivated by hatred or expresses hate, and such communication might not rise to the level of discourse that merits constitutional protection at all.
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