Freedom of ExpressionThe scope of the right, and where limits are commonly drawn.LawProtection and common limits.ProtectsPolitical and journalistic speech, most stronglyArtistic and academic expressionSpeech that shocks or offendsThe right to receive informationCommon limitsIncitement to violence or hatredDefamation of individualsNational security in defined casesContempt of courtPrivacy of othersEducational reference. Where the limits fall differs markedly betweenjurisdictions, particularly on hate speech.Freedom of Expressionlearnposters.com
Freedom of Expression — printable law & society wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Freedom of Expression poster

9 entries in 2 groups.

Protection and common limits.

Educational reference. Where the limits fall differs markedly between jurisdictions, particularly on hate speech.

Questions about the Freedom of Expression poster

What’s on the Freedom of Expression poster?
9 entries in 2 groups. Protection and common limits. Protects: Political and journalistic speech, most strongly, Artistic and academic exp…; Common limits: Incitement to violence or hatred, Defamation of individuals, National…. Educational reference. Where the limits fall differs markedly between jurisdictions, particularly on hate speech.
Who is the Freedom of Expression poster for?
Freedom of Expression belongs to the Law section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning public & constitutional can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Freedom of Expression poster?
It protects speech that offends as well as speech that pleases. Limits must still be justified. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Freedom of Expression belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Freedom of Expression?
Administrative Justice, Constitutions and Elections sit alongside Freedom of Expression in the Law section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Administrative JusticeConstitutionsElections
Is the Freedom of Expression poster free to download and print?
Yes. Freedom of Expression downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Law section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Freedom of Expression poster print at?
Freedom of Expression is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Freedom of Expression loses nothing.Printing guide

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