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Academic Freedom And Political Neutrality In Law Schools: An Essay On Structure And Ideology In Professional Education, J. Peter Byrne
Academic Freedom And Political Neutrality In Law Schools: An Essay On Structure And Ideology In Professional Education, J. Peter Byrne
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
My topic for this essay is the role of institutional political neutrality in fostering a vital academic freedom within a law school. It is necessary to explain what this inquiry embraces and why it is a useful entry into our concerns. Traditionally, the political neutrality of the university has been seen as the foundation for the academic freedom of the professoriate. But the media today vibrate with complaints about "political correctness" in legal education, meaning an administrative sponsorship of certain social ideals in a manner that restricts criticism or debate.1 Also, political contention over the shape of legal education has …
Preface: Academic Freedom And Legal Education, J. Peter Byrne
Preface: Academic Freedom And Legal Education, J. Peter Byrne
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Preface to a collection of papers delivered at a conference on Academic Freedom and Legal Education, held at the Tulane University School of Law on April 3 and 4,1992. Speaking or writing about academic freedom propels one from current controversies toward implicit or explicit propositions about the nature and goals of legal education.