La libertad de expresión en la teorización de Zechariah Chaffe, Jr.: El mercado de las ideas y la ponderación de los intereses constitucionales en conflicto

  1. María Nieves Saldaña Díaz 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Huelva
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    Universidad de Huelva

    Huelva, España

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Revista:
Historia constitucional: Revista Electrónica de Historia Constitucional

ISSN: 1576-4729

Año de publicación: 2023

Número: 24

Páginas: 537-584

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Historia constitucional: Revista Electrónica de Historia Constitucional

Resumen

En la primera mitad del siglo XX, la teorización de Zechariah Chafee, Jr., sobre el alcance de la cláusula de la libertad de expresión de la Primera Enmienda de la Constitución norteamericana se basa en la tradición centenaria del “mercado de las ideas”, inaugurada por la Areopagitica de John Milton y continuada por Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Stuart Mill y Oliver W. Holmes, así como en su original teoría sobre la ponderación de los intereses constitucionales relevantes en conflicto, sosteniendo que la libertad de expresión es un interés constitucional preferente porque contribuye a la consecución de la verdad en una sociedad democrática y a potenciar el ineludible dinamismo individual y colectivo necesario para el progreso del sistema político y social.

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