CONTENTS
REPORT
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
CHAPTER 2: THE CONTEXT
CHAPTER 3: THE LAW AS IT STANDS
COMMON LAW OFFENCES
Blasphemy
Other Common Law Offences
OLD STATUTES
The Criminal Libel Act 1819
The Law of Libel Amendment Act 1888
The Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847
The Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act
1860 ("ECJA")
The Offences Against The Persons Act 1861
The Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880
CHAPTER 4: BLASPHEMY: THE OPTIONS
Introduction
The "leave blasphemy alone" option
Repeal without replacement
Repeal and replacement by a broader-based
Blasphemy Act
CHAPTER 5: THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS JURISDICTION
ACT, 1860
Introduction
Repeal without replacement
Retention or reformulation in modern language
CHAPTER 6: INCITEMENT
CHAPTER 7: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
A prosecuting filter
CHAPTER 8: HATE CRIME
CHAPTER 9: AGGRAVATION
A message
CHAPTER 10: CONCLUSIONS
Appendix 1: Select Committee on Religious
Offences
Appendix 2: Evidence
Appendix 3: Blasphemy
Appendix 4: International and European Law
Appendix 5: Religious Offences in other Jurisdictions
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
Wednesday 12 June 2002
Thursday 27 June 2002
Wednesday 10 July 2002
Thursday 18 July 2002
Wednesday 24 July 2002
Thursday 17 October 2002
Wednesday 23 October 2002
Wednesday 30 October 2002
Wednesday 27 November 2002
Thursday 5 December 2002
Thursday 16 January 2003
The Report of the Committee is published in Volume
I (HL Paper 95-I)
The oral evidence is published in Volume II (HL Paper
95-II)
The written evidence is published in Volume III (HL
Paper 95-III)
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