La jurisprudencia del Tribunal Constitucional ante los delitos de opinión que castigan discursos extremos: comentario a la STC 35/2020 y más allá

The Spanish Constitutional Court Judgment n. 35/2020, February 25 has set a case law stablishing that punishing extreme speeches, in particular glorification of terrorism, will be constitutional as a form of provocation which creates a danger of violent or discriminatory acts. Beyond it, this judgme...

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Main Author: Teruel Lozano, Germán M.
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7897302
Source:Teoría y realidad constitucional, ISSN 1139-5583, Nº 47, 2021, pags. 411-436
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Summary: The Spanish Constitutional Court Judgment n. 35/2020, February 25 has set a case law stablishing that punishing extreme speeches, in particular glorification of terrorism, will be constitutional as a form of provocation which creates a danger of violent or discriminatory acts. Beyond it, this judgment for the first time requires that the danger should be examined through contextual, intentional and pragmatic-linguistic elements. However, the commented judgement also presents shadows, since it maintains a distorted conception of hate speech and does not sufficiently specify the standards that justify a limit to freedom of expression.