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Criminalizing History: Legal Restrictions on Statements and Interpretations of the Past in Germany, Poland, Rwanda, Turkey and Ukraine

Criminalizing History: Legal Restrictions on Statements and Interpretations of the Past in Germany, Poland, Rwanda, Turkey and Ukraine

Bachmann, Klaus
Bachmann, Klaus
Garuka, Christian

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Political Transition, Book 14

African HistoryAncient GreeceFrench History

ISBN10: 3631809573
ISBN13: 9783631809570
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Published: Apr 2 2020
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

Why do states ban certain statements and interpretations of the past, how do they ban them and what are the practical consequences? This book offers an answer to these questions and at the same time examines, whether the respective legislation was supply-or demand-driven and how prosecutors and courts applied it. The comparison between Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Rwanda and Turkey offers several surprising insights: in most countries, memory law legislation is supply driven and imposed on a reluctant society, in some countries they target apolitical hooligans more than intellectuals or the government's political opponents. The book also discusses, why and how liberal democracies differ from hybrid regimes in their approach to punitive memory laws and how such laws can be tailored to avoid constraints on free speech, the freedom of the press and academic freedoms.

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