Art and the Law: Public Order

Notes

Part of a series of law packs intended to address questions about legal limits related to free expression and the arts.

Forward by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti.

Editor	Index on Censorship and Vivarta
Reference	A0670
Date	2016
Type	Publication

Keywords

authority European Convention on Human Rights freedom of expression law legal framework offence police provocation Public Order Act reasonableness safety security Theatres Act UK violent action

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