ABSTRACT
In the last chapter we examined hate crime legislation in the US and Britain as it currently stands, as well as briefly touching upon provisions in other countries. We noted that legislation has become firmly established on the statute books in many countries around the world. But the nature of our discussion thus far has somewhat masked a number of controversies that have also accompanied the emergence of hate crime laws, and have at times posed something of a threat to the very existence of such legislation, both in terms of theoretical and moral critiques and through practical legal challenges.
