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Free Speech In The College Community, Robert M. O'Neil, Rodney A. Small Jan 1998

Free Speech In The College Community, Robert M. O'Neil, Rodney A. Small

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

Robert O'Neil has written the book he was destined to write: Free Speech in the College Community. The former President of the University of Virginia and the University of Wisconsin, O'Neil is a distinguished lawyer and First Amendment scholar who has long been active in disputes involving student speech and academic freedom. He has parlayed those credentials into a book that is both creative and accessible. For both lawyers and non lawyers interested in campus speech issues, there is no better text available.


A Brave New World Of Free Speech: Should Interactive Computer Service Providers Be Held Liable For The Information They Disseminate?, Sarah Becket Boehm Jan 1998

A Brave New World Of Free Speech: Should Interactive Computer Service Providers Be Held Liable For The Information They Disseminate?, Sarah Becket Boehm

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

Millions of people worldwide use online services to communicate via e-mail; to post and read messages on bulletin boards; to receive news, financial information and updated sports scores; and to gather information. Nearly anyone with access to the Internet can post information without having the facts verified or the content edited, so it is extremely likely that if they post defamatory material, it can find its way around the world in a matter of minutes. Due to the anonymous nature of the Internet, the author of the defamatory material may never be discovered. Assuming the author cannot be traced, the …