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Debating ‘Democracy’ and the Ban on Political Advertising
Author(s) -
Sackman Sarah
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the modern law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-2230
pISSN - 0026-7961
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2230.2009.00751.x
Subject(s) - democracy , parliament , politics , citizen journalism , state (computer science) , political science , law , participatory democracy , deliberative democracy , sociology , public administration , algorithm , computer science
This note analyses the House of Lords decision in Animal Defenders International v Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport . It argues that their Lordships' reasoning was premised on a narrow conception of ‘democracy as Parliament’ and seeks to challenge that view by suggesting the courts adopt a more participatory model of democracy.