Freedom of Speech? Israeli Supreme Court Ruling 606/93 - Kidum Initiative Inc. versus the Israel Broadcasting Authority. A Rhetorical Language Analysis

• Authors: Orly Kayam , Yair Galily
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article examines nine different rhetorical devices employed by two Israeli Supreme Court justices in their writing of the majority and minority opinions (Justices Dorner and Cheshin respectively) in the case of Kidum Initiative Inc. versus The Israel Broadcasting Authority which addressed the issue of freedom of speech versus good taste. Theoretical background and examples from the verdict are presented and discussed.

Keywords

EN

Israel; Supreme Court; freedom of speech; language analysis; rhetoric

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Psychology of Language and Communication
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 67-78

Dates

published

2012-01-01

online

2012-07-19

Contributors

author

Orly Kayam

• Zinman College at the Wingate Institute, Netanya

author

Yair Galily

• Zinman College at the Wingate Institute, Netanya

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10057-012-0006-8