Wunsiedel: Billigung, Verherrlichung, Rechtfertigung : Das Verbot nazistischer Meinungen in Deutschland und den USA

»Criminal Sanctions for Extremist Speech. A Comparison of German and US Approaches to Combating Neo-Nazi Hate Speech«In a recent ruling, the German Constitutional Court upheld a controversial statute criminalizing the endorsement, glorification and justification of the National Socialist regime. Based on the decision, Fohrbeck compares free speech limitations in Germany to those in the US, taking into account the different historical, sociological and constitutional backgrounds, and attempts to balance the interests of a >militant democracy< against its citizens' fundamental rights.