For the Common Good: Principles of American Academic Freedom - Couverture rigide

Finkin, Matthew; Post, Robert C.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0300143540 ISBN 13 : 9780300143546

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Debates about academic freedom have become increasingly fierce and frequent. Legislative efforts to regulate American professors proliferate across the nation. Although most American scholars desire to protect academic freedom, they have only a vague and uncertain apprehension of its basic principles and structure. This book offers a concise explanation of the history and meaning of American academic freedom and it attempts to intervene into contemporary debates by clarifying the fundamental functions and purposes of academic freedom in America. Matthew W. Finkin and Robert C. Post trace how the American conception of academic freedom was first systematically articulated in 1915 by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and how this conception was in subsequent years elaborated and applied by Committee A of the AAUP. The authors discuss the four primary dimensions of academic freedom: research and publication, teaching, intramural speech and extramural speech. They carefully distinguish academic freedom from the kind of individual free speech right that is created by the First Amendment. The authors strongly argue that academic freedom protects the capacity of faculty to pursue the scholar's profession according to the standards of that profession.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Matthew W. Finkin is Albert J. Harno and Edward W. Cleary Chair in Law, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Law. Robert C. Post is David Boies Professor of Law, Yale Law School.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300143540
• ISBN 13: 9780300143546
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
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• Personne responsable: non disponible