Prelims; Preface; Table of Contents; Notes on Abbreviations; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; 1 Introduction; 2 What Is Academic Freedom?; 3 Justifying Academic Freedom; 4 Academic Freedom in the United Kingdom; 5 Academic Freedom in Germany; 6 Academic Freedom in the United States; 7 Restrictions on Freedom of Research; 8 Academic Freedom in the Age of Terrorism; 9 Freedom of Extramural Speech; 10 The Chris Brand Case; Select Bibliography; Index
Summary
Academic Freedom and the Law: A Comparative Study provides a critical analysis of the law relating to academic freedom in three major jurisdictions: the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States. Thebook outlines the various claims which may be made to academic freedom by individual university teachers and by universities and other higher education institutions, and it examines the justifications which have been put forward for these claims. Three separate chapters deal with the legal principles of academic freedom in the UK, Germany, and the USA. A further chapter is devoted to the restri