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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824253703321

Autore

Lee Philip <1975->

Titolo

Academic freedom at American universities : constitutional rights, professional norms, and contractual duties / / Philip Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0102-8

1-4985-0101-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Disciplina

344.73/078

Soggetti

Academic freedom - United States

College teachers - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Labor contract - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Crisis of Academic Freedom in the Modern University and the Founding of the AAUP; 2 The AAUP's First Policy Declaration in 1915 and Its Struggle to Defend Academic Freedom; 3 The AAUP's Seminal 1940 Statement and Judicially Defined Academic Freedom During the McCarthy Era; 4 Modern Constitutional Conceptions of Academic Freedom; 5 The Limitations of Constitutionally Based Professorial Freedom; 6 Contract Law as an Alternative Foundation for Professorial Freedom; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Lee argues that the dominant constitutional analysis of academic freedom is insufficient to protect the full range of academic freedom interests that have emerged over time. As an alternative to an exclusively First Amendment foundation for this freedom, it proposes for a contract-law-based conception specifically for professors.