Book contents
- Hate Speech Frontiers
- Hate Speech Frontiers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Conceptual Frontiers in the Understanding of Hate Speech
- Part I The Ordinary Concept
- Part II The Legal Concept
- 5 Orienting the Ordinary and Legal Concepts of Hate Speech
- 6 Between Hate Speech and Hate Crime
- 7 Denialist Speech
- 8 Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
6 - Between Hate Speech and Hate Crime
from Part II - The Legal Concept
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 October 2023
- Hate Speech Frontiers
- Hate Speech Frontiers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Conceptual Frontiers in the Understanding of Hate Speech
- Part I The Ordinary Concept
- Part II The Legal Concept
- 5 Orienting the Ordinary and Legal Concepts of Hate Speech
- 6 Between Hate Speech and Hate Crime
- 7 Denialist Speech
- 8 Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Chapter 6 explores the distinction between the legal concepts of hate speech and hate crime. Our purpose is not only to shed light on but also to resolve the ambiguity, as well as to further illustrate and stress test our analyses. Sections 6.2 and 6.3 propose that the legal concept hate speech, formally speaking, only refers to laws which create bespoke crimes or other sorts of offences that do not have corresponding or parallel basic or base versions, whereas the legal concept hate crime only refers to laws which identify aggravated crimes that do have corresponding or parallel basic or base versions. Section 6.4 makes several key comparisons and contrasts between the concepts, beyond the merely formal analysis, while Section 6.5 develops an account of why the distinction between hate speech and hate crime matters legally speaking, both for victims and defendants. Finally, Section 6.6 discusses four potential grey areas of hate speech law, namely using threatening words or behaviour to stir up hatred; incitement to commit genocide; incitement to discrimination or violence; and torts and delicts involving racist abuse.
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- Hate Speech FrontiersExploring the Limits of the Ordinary and Legal Concepts, pp. 363 - 398Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023