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The Boundaries of Liberty and Tolerance: The Struggle against Kahanism in Israel

by Raphael Cohen-Almagor. 338 pgs.

Contributors:

   Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Publisher:

   University Press of Florida

Place of Publication:

  Gainesville, FL  

Publication Year:

  1994

Subjects:

Toleration, Freedom Of Speech, Liberty, Kahane, Meir, Freedom Of Speech--Israel, Israel--Politics And Government

	Contents
	Foreword by Geoffrey Marshall	xi
	Preface	xiii
	Part One Theory: Boundaries of Liberty and Tolerance	1
	Chapter 1 Tolerance and Liberty: General Insight	9
	The Duty to Be Tolerant, the Right to Be Tolerated	9
	Liberty and Autonomy	II
	Chapter 2 The Scope and Characterizations of Tolerance	20
	Reasons for Tolerance	20
	Popper's Paradox of Tolerance and Its Modification	25
	Latent and Manifest Tolerance	28
	Principled and Tactical Compromise	36
	Chapter 3 Why Tolerate? The Respect for Others Argument	40
	Preliminaries	40
	The Respect for Others Argument	41
	Between Neutrality and Perfectionism	50
	Chapter 4 The Respect for Others Argument and Cultural Norms	68
	The Dilemma	68
	Not Tolerating the Intolerant: A Radical View	76
	Chapter 5 Freedom of Expression	88
	Words: Keys of Thought and Triggers of Action	88
	Grounds for Special Status	89
	The Harm Principle	103
	Chapter 6 Why Tolerate? The Millian Truth Principle	106
	Preliminaries	106
	The Millian Truth Principle	108
	Chapter 7 Boundaries of Freedom of Expression .	122
	The Millian Arguments	122
	The Offense Principle	128
	Chapter 8 Applying the Offense Principle: The Skokie Controversy	132
	Background	132
	The Reasonable Avoidability Standard	134
	Psychological Offense, Morally on a Par with Physical Harm	138
	Part Two Application: Democracy on the Defensive--Israel's Reaction to the Kahanist Phenomenon	149
	Chapter 9 The Kahanist Phenomenon	154
	Background	154
	The Ideology of Kach	165
	The Political Program	171
	Chapter 10 Legal Background: The Foundations of the Law	174
	The Declaration of Independence and Normative Considerations	174
	Precedents	177
	Chapter 11 Attempts to Restrict Kahane's Freedom of Election	192
	The Negbi Decision of 1981	192
	The CECs' Decisions of 1984	193
	The Court's Decision in Neiman	198
	Chapter 12 Curtailing Kahane's Freedom of Movement and Expression	219
	Freedom of Movement	219
	The Media's Ban on Kahane	223
	Kahane v. Speaker of the Knesset--Five Chapters	229
	Chapter 13 Epilogue	238
	The Decision of the CEC Regarding the PLP	241
	The Disqualification of Kach	242
	The Decision of the CEC Regarding Moledet	247
	Table of U.S. Cases	255
	Table of Israeli Cases	257
	Miscellaneous Cases from Other Jurisdictions	260
	Notes	261
	Selected Bibliography	307
	General Index	319
	Index of Cases	326

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