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When Open Government And Academic Freedom Collide, Jonathan Peters
When Open Government And Academic Freedom Collide, Jonathan Peters
Jonathan Peters
Uneasy is the balance between open government and academic freedom. Scholars have argued that using public records laws to obtain their emails is a form of harassment and intimidation. Nonprofits and political parties have argued that the public has a right to know that scholars are following university rules and properly using public resources. Against that backdrop, we have explored whether public records laws apply to faculty members and whether an exemption in those laws for academic freedom would be conceptually sound and consistent with other exemptions for communications and work product.
The Onslaught On Academic Freedom, Mark Strasser
The Onslaught On Academic Freedom, Mark Strasser
Mark Strasser
The United States Supreme Court has long recognized the importance of academic freedom both within and outside of the classroom. However, in a case having nothing to do with the academy, Garcetti v. Ceballos, the Court cast into doubt the validity of an entire line of cases, almost inviting the circuits to rewrite First Amendment doctrine in the entire area. The circuits have responded, creating a jurisprudence that threatens to bring about the negative consequences discussed over the past half-century. This article explores the First Amendment protections of academic freedom, explaining how Garcetti and the courts interpreting it have eviscerated …
Professional And Academic Employee Inventions: Looking Beyond The Uk Paradigm, Justine Pila
Professional And Academic Employee Inventions: Looking Beyond The Uk Paradigm, Justine Pila
Justine Pila
The vast majority of inventions are devised by employees, raising the question who is entitled to patent them? Under the UK Patents Act 1977, the right to patent an invention lies primarily with its inventor(s). However, an exception exists for employee inventions to which section 39(1) applies. The recent decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia in UWA v Gray raises the question of the applicability of this provision in the university context, in respect of regular academic employees. In that case, the Court relied on UK authorities to support its conclusion that the University of …
Academic Freedom And The Courts, Justine Pila
Academic Freedom And The Courts, Justine Pila
Justine Pila
Recent events in the United Kingdom have focused attention on the protection at law of institutional and individual academic freedom. While such freedoms sit in tension, they share a basis in the liberal ideal of the pursuit of truth through teaching, discussion and research. It is a truism that this ideal is currently under threat, and with it academic freedom itself. The source of the threat is complex and varied, but includes changes in the economy, scientific research, and British higher education policy. One result of these changes has been what W R Cornish described in 1991 as “a rising …
Az Új Akadémiai Törvény-Tervezet Margójára, Milan Meszaros
Az Új Akadémiai Törvény-Tervezet Margójára, Milan Meszaros
Milan Meszaros physicist
Számos jel mutat arra, hogy a kapitalizmus is hasonló hibákkal épül Magyarországon, mint egykor a szocializmus. (Ezek a hibák –bizonyos szempontból– egymás komplementereiként jelentkeznek.) Ugyanis, a kapitalizmus kiépítése közben néhány gazdasági-társadalmi alappillér, valamint alapelv kimaradt vagy elhanyagolódott. Pedig mielőbb be kellene látni, hogy az a tudathasadásos megosztottság –amelyben egy társadalom és gazdaság nagyobb részben kapitalizmust épít, ugyanakkor az élet néhány területén (a közoktatás, a felsőoktatás, a tudomány és a K+F+I, valamint az akadémia és intézményi struktúrája, továbbá az egészségügy stb.) még a szocializmust ápolja– tovább már nem járható út, hanem zsákutca, aminek már régen a végére értünk és koppantunk, de …