Molding the Matrix: The Historical and Theoretical Foundations of International Law concerning Hate Speech
Stephanie Farrior · bepress Legal Repository · 1996
The title is derived from Justice Cardozo's statement that "[flreedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom."Palko v. Connecticut, 302 U.S. 319, 327 (1937).A matrix is "something within which something else originates or develops."WEBSTER's NmNTH NEW COLLEGIATE DiCIONARY 733 (1986).This article examines the molding of a limitation on the right to freedom of expression, a right within which many other rights may develop.