Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Defining hate Speech

2. Favoring Human Rights: The International Response

3. Favoring Free Speech: The U.S. Response

4. First Amendment Theories: Arguments and Counter Arguments

5. Social Justice, Recognition Theory, and A New Legal Landscape

6. From R.A.V. v. St. Paul to Matal v. Tam: The Parameters of Restriction

7. Hate Speech and the Internet: Elonis v. U.S.

8. Campus Speech: Hate Speech versus Free Speech

Conclusion

About the Author

Chris Demaske is an Associate Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Tacoma.