"Professor Heinze's book and his inspirational and at the same time thought-provoking ideas, razor-sharp observations and powerful arguments, contribute significantly to further enlivening the discourse on freedom of expression." -- Andrs Koltay, Journal of Media Law "In his new book, Hate speech and Democratic Citizenship , Eric Heinze, Professor of Law and Humanities at Queen Mary University of London, says the more a country is a genuinely developed democracy, the less it needs to impose 'speech bans'. He argues that developed democracies have better ways of combating violence and discrimination against vulnerable groups than by censoring speakers." -- Lesley Abdela, OpenDemocracy "This is a significant volume in the hate speech literature. It offers a powerful counter-point to recent works advocating hate speech bans, most notably that of Jeremy Waldron. It will definitely be of interest to anyone working in the political or legal philosophy of freedom of expression, even for those who might disagree with Heinze in fundamental ways. Beyond the immediate academic audience, this is still an important work.The book's major strength is in presenting a defence of freedom of expression that is firmly rooted in the important, though abstract, discussion of rights and citizenship, but at the same time gives proper credence to real-world factors that shape legal regimes.

It contributes not only an important critique of some prominent positions on freedom of expression, but also a distinct methodological approach to the problem." - Andrew Reid, LSE Review of Books "Well written and demonstrates an outstanding mastery of the existing literature on hate speech in legal and political theory. The book will be especially of interest to legal and political theorists, philosophers and political scientists, and will be accessible to both specialist and non-specialist readers. Most importantly, it will constitute a new important and original addition to the debate on hate speech and offer powerful counterarguments to the growing body of literature, led by Waldron and others, that defends hate speech laws." - Matteo Bonnotti, Social & Legal Studies "This book provides the most in-depth and comprehensive explication of the democratic argument in favour of the robust protection of freedom of speech that I have read. It is erudite, and demonstrates the author's broad familiarity with an incredibly wide range of literature."- Katharine Gelber, Public Law.