In Print: Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right

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Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right
Harvard University Press, August 2024

In Print: <i>Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right</i>

Is academic freedom a First Amendment right? Many think so, yet its relationship to free speech as guaranteed by the Constitution is anything but straightforward. In Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right, David Rabban examines the extensive case law addressing academic freedom and free speech at American universities, developing a robust theory of academic freedom as a distinctive subset of First Amendment law.

Praise: “The best kind of scholarship—deeply researched and immensely useful. Wherever you stand on issues of free speech and academic freedom, you will learn from this book.” —Michael Roth, Wesleyan University president