Negacjonizm w ustawodawstwie Francji i Belgii

• Authors: Szymanek Jarosław

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The negationism in the legislation of France and Belgium

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The article presents the political discussion and its legal consequences regarding the issue of Holocaust denial. In Belgium and France, such a discussion has been going on since the 1980s. This distinction emphasizes the need to distinguish between the concepts of “law” and “history”. Against this background, a dispute also arose over whether any public authority, especially parliament or court, may intervene in the area of historical debate. Finally, recognized that this is a special case of the so-called historical law or the law old memory. It is to stabilize public debate. Opponents, in turn, believe that this law does not stabilize the debate, and the opposite generates sharp disputes and even conflict. In Belgium and France, the legal regulation of negationism did not end the discussion. This discussion only changed its point of gravity. Currently, it concerns the limits of freedom of expression.

• Publisher: Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów
• Journal: Przegląd Legislacyjny
• Year: 2019
• Issue: PL 4 (110)
• Pages: 9-16

Contributors

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Szymanek Jarosław

• Biuro Analiz Sejmowych Kancelarii Sejmu - Bureau of Research Chancellery of the Sejm