Perri 6 and Anita Randon
Ashgate Dartmouth
Hardback
240
1995
Despite their loudly trumpeted democratic and liberal credentials Britain and several other countries have laws that restrict the freedom of charities in ways that neither individuals nor non-profit firms are restricted. The authors of this volume have conducted the first cross-national comparative research that compares in detail the laws of a wide variety of countries (24) and identifies those legal systems that impose such constraints the ways that they do so and the rationales offered. An historical analysis is given of the development of these laws. In the second part Perri 6 goes on to consider whether such laws can be justified when considered against the claims of freedom of speech. In a wide-ranging review of the arguments in the jurisprudence and political theory and public policy used across the nations of the study he argues that there is a powerful case for their repeal. The book will be of interest to charity lawyers international lawyers political theorists jurisprudents scholars of voluntary action and non-profit organisations and anyone concerned with freedom of speech and contemporary public policy debates.
Ashgate Dartmouth
Hardback
240
1995
Despite their loudly trumpeted democratic and liberal credentials Britain and several other countries have laws that restrict the freedom of charities in ways that neither individuals nor non-profit firms are restricted. The authors of this volume have conducted the first cross-national comparative research that compares in detail the laws of a wide variety of countries (24) and identifies those legal systems that impose such constraints the ways that they do so and the rationales offered. An historical analysis is given of the development of these laws. In the second part Perri 6 goes on to consider whether such laws can be justified when considered against the claims of freedom of speech. In a wide-ranging review of the arguments in the jurisprudence and political theory and public policy used across the nations of the study he argues that there is a powerful case for their repeal. The book will be of interest to charity lawyers international lawyers political theorists jurisprudents scholars of voluntary action and non-profit organisations and anyone concerned with freedom of speech and contemporary public policy debates.